April 24, the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Armenian Genocide.In many countries of the world established memorials and monuments that have collected hundreds of thousands of people who mourn the dead.A huge number of countries recognize that during the genocide of 1.5 million were killed. Armenians who lived on the territory of Turkey.
mass killings of Armenians started in 1894-1896, but they reached the large-scale nature is April 24, 1915.On this day in Constantinople began mass arrests of the Armenian intellectual, religious, economic and political elite, which led to the complete destruction of an entire galaxy of prominent figures of the Armenian culture.The list to be arrested were people of different political views and professions: writers, artists, musicians, teachers, doctors, lawyers, journalists, businessmen, political and religious leaders, the only thing they have in common - ethnicity and social status.The arrests of prominent figures of the Armenian community in the Turkish capital continued with few interruptions until the end of May, with no charges brought against the detainees were not.The blow to the Armenian people, the Young Turk regime in the spring and summer of 1915 were exceptional in their destructiveness.That is why, today, scattered around the world Armenians mark April 24 as a day of remembrance of the victims of genocide.
Different sources can be found a lot of different reasons for this tragedy.Someone thinks that the good relations of the Armenian people from the Russian influence on the event, someone suggests that it is a secret pact August 2, 1914 between Turkey and Germany, one of the points which was the change in the eastern borders of the Ottoman Empire to create a corridor leading to theMuslim peoples of Russia, which meant the eradication of the Armenian presence in the altered areas.But the main cause of genocide is, firstly, discrimination on religious grounds, and secondly, the unwillingness to share their territory with Armenians, as well as the fear of the uprising of the Armenian nation, by which the Armenians would be possible to return the territory, which actually belonged to them.
Currently Armenian Genocide recognized Uruguay, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Lebanon, Lithuania, Greece, Slovakia, Cyprus, Argentina, Venezuela, Chile, Canada, the Vatican, 42 US states and the District of Columbia.In addition, the Armenian Genocide recognized by the Council of Europe, the European Parliament, the UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, United Nations Commission on War Crimes.
Turkey still does not recognize this fact, it is not surprising, because in the case of recognition of the genocide by the Turkish authorities will have to pay huge compensation to the relatives of the victims, and possibly return Armenian lands selected.
It's been 98 years since these horrific, inhuman events to shiver, but the Armenian people continue to mourn for the people who were brutally tortured and killed at the time.And we can only believe that the whole world recognizes the Genocide in memory of the destruction of the people and prevent in the future is something even close to what occurred.It would also be very correct from Turkey to recognize this fact, because there is a huge amount of evidence supporting the fact that the Ottoman Empire were killed about 1.5 million. Armenians, who lived in the territories of the empire.
