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    TURKEY UNEASY AS ARMENIANS COMMEMORATE GENOCIDE CENTENARY

    Foreign Policy
    April 24 2015

    By J. Dana Stuster

    Armenians are commemorating the 100th anniversary of the genocide that
    killed 1.5 million Armenians during civil conflict within the Ottoman
    Empire during World War I. Ankara's sensitivity to the use of the word
    "genocide" has prompted diplomatic tensions over the past week in the
    lead-up to today's events: The Turkish government recently recalled
    ambassadors to Vatican City and Austria for their use of the word,
    and sent diplomats to Washington to lobby against including the word
    in President Obama's remarks. President Obama said in his comments
    that the deaths in 1915 were "terrible carnage," but avoided the
    controversial term. More than 20 nations have used the term, most
    recently Germany. German President Joachim Gauck said yesterday
    in Berlin that Germany shares responsibility for the deaths as the
    Ottoman Empire's ally in World War I.

    At a memorial in Yerevan, Armenia, today, foreign leaders called on
    Ankara to acknowledge the genocide. "Important words have already been
    said in Turkey, but others are still expected, so that shared grief
    can become shared destiny," French President Francois Hollande said.

    Russian President Vladimir Putin also spoke today in Yerevan, saying
    "There is no and cannot be justification for mass murder of people."

    Ankara's aversion about acknowledging the events of 1915 may stem
    from not only nationalism, but concerns about reparations, writes
    the New York Times.

    https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/04/24/turkey-uneasy-as-armenians-commemorate-genocide-centenary/


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