Tag: Armenian Genocide

• Sunday, April 25th 2021 - 14:12 UTC

  Biden tells it like it is: The killing of Armenians in WWI was “genocide”

  

  US President Joseph Biden tells it like it is and calls the massacre of as many as 1.5 million Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire during World War I “a genocide.”

• Saturday, April 25th 2020 - 08:04 UTC

  Armenians mark the 105th anniversary of mass killings by the Ottoman Empire

  

  Armenians have used text messages and mobile phone flashlights to mark the 105th anniversary (24 April) of mass killings in the Ottoman Empire, dropping their usual march because of coronavirus restrictions.

• Wednesday, October 30th 2019 - 08:59 UTC

  US Representatives officially recognize the “Armenian genocide”

  

  The US House of Representatives passed a resolution on Tuesday officially recognizing the “Armenian genocide,” a symbolic but unprecedented move that angered Turkey amid already-heightened tensions with Washington.

• Monday, April 29th 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  Turkey and France clash over remembrance of the 1915 Armenian genocide

  

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan upped his war of words with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron for creating a day of remembrance for the 1915 Armenian “genocide”.