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Turkey and the Armenian Genocide

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The Armenian Genocide occurred started April 24, 1915 and ended in mid 1923. It took place during World War I. The Armenian Genocide is referred to as "The Unremembered Genocide  because the Armenians after the Genocide were so deeply hurt in their minds, hearts and souls that they were unable to tell anyone about what happened. It was only in 1965 when they finally told the world a horrifying act had taken place. These two pictures are the geography of Armenia before the Genocide, and after. Armenia was a part of "The Russian Empire  then. Before World War II, before Hitler started his massacre of the Jews, he told his men "Go kill men, women and children without mercy...who now remembers the Armenians? When we are successful, the world will worship us" He is stating that if he kills all the Jews then everyone will forget about them just as if everyone forgot about all the Armenians. Although the Turkish Government still denies the Armenian Genocide, hardly anyone knows why. Well the Republic of Turkey states that they don't accept the Ottoman Empires attempted to exterminate the Armenian people because "The Turkish government acknowledges that during World War I many Armenians died, but counters that Turks died as well, and claims that the number of Armenian victims has been inflated, and that massacre were committed by both sides as a result of inter-ethnic violence and the wider conflict of World War I  France is making a huge movement on the Armenian genocide. Sarkozy the president of France is making it a law in France that if you deny the Armenian genocide you do jail time, and Turks are getting back at him by hacking French websites and they made a diaper brand in Turkey called Sarkozy. The country Turkey has a very bad reputation. Did you know that Turkey has committed the most crimes against humanity than any other country in the world? They have done Genocides on Greeks, Armenians, Kurds, and Assyrians. (Tokadjian, I

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