The Armenians, of whom between 600,000 and 1,8 million were systematically killed. The Turks themselves however maintain that this was an unfortunate case of ethnic violence and that death figures of Armenians are exaggerated, but among scholars there is very little doubt that the killings were well-organized by the Ottoman government.
The Armenian Genocide is a historical truism.Most of the civilized world acknoweleges it. The Turks have been denying it because they do not want the world to realize their mongol mentality of cruel behavior to their minorities,but the world knows.With a illiteratcy of 70%,the country has been playing catch-up.A nation cannot survive on historical untruths or illiteratcy,eventually there will be strife from within...
Yes. There is currently a genocide going on in Rwanda.
Adolf Hitler and the Nazis committed genocide during WW2, against the Jews.
The Armenians.
If the question is asking why the Pope mentioned the Armenian genocide at all, it is because it is the 100th anniversary of the start of the genocide. There were commemoration ceremonies in Armenia and around the world and the Pope was commiserating.If the question is asking why the Pope characterized the Armenian genocide as a genocide, it is because it is a genocide (as much as Turks whine and complain about how much they do not like that term). A genocide is a deliberate attempt to extinguish a group of distinct people. That is exactly what happened when whole towns of Armenians were forced out of their homes, marched for hundreds of kilometers, shot, and buried in mass graves as a consistent policy led by Young Turk leaders like Ismail Enver or Mehmed Talaat. The scholarship on this issue is quite clear. Those who argue against it have been proven to either, (1) be Turkish themselves, and therefore have a stake in Turkey being exonerated, or (2) have received publicly acknowledged funds from the government of the Republic of Turkey, which compromises their scholarship.
Third World Genocide was created in 2003-08.
The Turks accused the Armenians of aiding the Russians in World War I to circumvent Ottoman defenses in the East with minimal evidence. Now they accuse the Armenians of trying to defame their name because of the Armenian request that the world recognize the Armenian Genocide.
Being the first Genocide in modern history and in the 20th century the Armenian Genocide represents a turning point in history. It was the first time since 146 BC, that the world witnessed a mass massacre planned to abolish a complete race. It didn't catch enough attention at that time and was pretty much forgotten until mass massacres such as the Holocaust and the massacres in Rwanda. So it is very important to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide in order to prevent barbarism against mankind.
Typically, a genocide is "certified" by leading academics when a set of circumstances in the world qualifies under the definition of genocide.
More commonly called the Armenian Genocide of the Armenians, 1.5 to 2 million Armenians were killed in Turkey during and just after World War 1. Most of the world considers it to have been a genocide but the modern Turkish government insists the deaths were the result of widespread poverty and disruption at the end of the war and not a targeted killing of Armenians.
The genocide convention
Typically, a genocide is "certified" by leading academics when a set of circumstances in the world qualifies under the definition of genocide. This is exactly what happened in the Cambodian genocide.
The Young Turks, led by Mehmet Talaat Pasha, Ismail Enver Pasha, and Ahmed Djemal Pasha led the genocide of over 1.5 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. The majority were killed by Ottoman soldiers, Turkish Irregulars, and Kurdish Irregulars.
Sadly, at one time in history or another, genocide has occured in nearly every nation of the world.
The world largely dismissed the Rwandan genocide as 'tribal conflict' and didn't want to know about it till it was over.
Frontline World - 2002 Rwanda After the Genocide was released on: USA: December 2003
Ataturk is the Father of the Turks