“Today we commemorate the Meds Yeghern and honor those who perished in one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century. Ninety-eight years ago, 1.5 million Armenians were massacred or marched to their deaths in the final days of the Ottoman Empire,” Obama said. “I have consistently stated my own view of what occurred in 1915, and my view has not changed. A full, frank, and just acknowledgement of the facts is in all of our interests,” he continued. Armenians mark April 24 annually as the beginning of the mass killings of their kin during the Ottoman Empire.
Obama avoids using 'genocide' in remarks
U.S. President Barack Obama avoided using the term “genocide” today in his annual message marking the events of 1915
24 Nisan 2013 Çarşamba 09:18
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