Armenian massacres

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1. The killing of large numbers of Armenians who lived within the Ottoman Empire and its successor Turkish state in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. From 1915 to 1920, more than a million Armenians died as the result of executions, massacres, starvation, and other repressive measures, and many fled to the United States and other countries.

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At times, terrorists claiming Armenian connections have killed Turkish officials and bombed Turkish buildings, demanding reparations.

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Speaking at a virtual event at Foreign Press Center, Blinken also said given President Biden's widely-known views, his Saturday recognition of 1915 Armenian massacres as genocide should not have been a surprise.

From Reuters

The leader of Germany's Green Party, Cem Ozdemir - who initiated the debate on the Armenian massacres in the Bundestag - told a newspaper he had been sent emails saying things like: "We will find you anywhere."

From BBC

For that reason, it’s a poor principle, adopted in some civilised countries, to imprison the deniers of the Holocaust or the Armenian massacres, however contemptible they might be.

From Time

The Armenian massacres were wiped from the country’s history, only to emerge for ordinary Turks in the 1970s after an Armenian terrorist campaign against Turkish diplomats.

From New York Times

A Turk, in a letter to the editor published in The Times in October 1915, wrote of “so-called” Armenian massacres.

From New York Times