Armenian Genocide Bill

Obama Stops Short Of Calling Armenian Massacre A 'Genocide'

AP | Posted 04.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is marking the anniversary of the massacre of Armenians in Turkey nearly a century ago by calling it a "one of th...

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'Never Before' vs. 'Never Again': The Unrecognized Armenian Genocide

Sumit Galhotra | Posted 04.24.2012

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Sumit Galhotra

Each year on April 24, Nalbandian and hundreds of other Armenians living in Israel gather at the St. James cathedral to commemorate the Armenian genocide. Currently, however, only 21 countries recognize the genocide.

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Paris's Folly

Yavuz Baydar | Posted 03.27.2012

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Yavuz Baydar

The French Senate's passing of the bill which criminalizes the denial of the mass deportations and massacres of the Ottoman Armenians in 1915 is simply an act of folly.

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On the Armenian Genocide: The Response of a Handful of Historians

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 03.04.2012

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Bernard-Henri Lévy

Beginning in 1915, the Armenians were the victims of a methodic attempt at annihilation. No serious historian casts doubt upon this reality or denies it. It is the negationist revisionists who, up until now, have hampered the work of historians.

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Turkey Withdraws Ambassador As France Passes Bill On Armenian Genocide

AP | ELAINE GANLEY and SUZAN FRASER | Posted 02.21.2012

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PARIS — Ties between France and Turkey, strategic allies and trading partners, abruptly unraveled Thursday after French legislators passed a bil...

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Turkey's Answer to the Armenian Question

Elmira Bayrasli | Posted 05.25.2011

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Elmira Bayrasli

Turkey dodged yet another bullet in the U.S. House of Representatives when a resolution "recognizing" the Armenian "genocide" failed to reach the floor for a vote.

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Turkey Threatens Armenians With Exile

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's prime minister has threatened to expel thousands of illegal Armenian immigrants after U.S. and Swedish lawmakers passed vo...

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Why the Armenian Genocide Matters

Robbie Gennet | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robbie Gennet

Turkey won't allow the US to label the Armenian genocide as such or acknowledge it in any way. Here is why: land.

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Reassessing the Genocide Resolution

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 05.25.2011

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Who Made U.S. Judge and Jury of Armenian Genocide?

Michael Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Hughes

Categorizing the 1915 killings of Armenians as "genocide" is certainly justifiable, but it is also fair to wonder why the U.S. gets to determine this, considering America is guilty of its own similar crimes.

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Turkey Warns US Over Armenian Genocide Vote

AP | SUZAN FRASER | Posted 05.25.2011

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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey warned the Obama administration on Friday of diplomatic consequences if it doesn't quash a congressional resolution that...

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Lies, Damn Lies, and Armenian Deaths

Bruce Fein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bruce Fein

After statehood was lost, Armenians turned to their genocide playbook exploiting Christian bigotries and contempt for Ottoman Muslims.

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Et Tu Obama? Letter from a Former Admirer

Harut Sassounian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harut Sassounian

Mr. President, we are now terribly disappointed because you acted not much differently than your predecessors on the Armenian Genocide issue.

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Turkey Could be Major Political Loser in Israel-Gaza Conflict

Harut Sassounian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harut Sassounian

It is high time that both Arabs and Israelis realize that Turkey is a friend of neither side. When a ceasefire is finally established in Gaza, Turkey could end up as a major political loser.

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Turks Create False Impressions To Block Obama's Promises

Harut Sassounian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harut Sassounian

Informed that Obama intends to carry out his promises, the Turkish government is anxious to conclude an agreement to block Congress from taking a stand on the Armenian Genocide.

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Turkey Condemns Armenian Genocide Bill

Associated Press | C. ONUR ANT | Posted 05.25.2011

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Turkey swiftly condemned a House panel's approval of a bill describing the World War I-era mass killings of Armenians as genocide, and newspapers blas...

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