Why are there still Turks who deny Armenian Genocide?

Special to the Armenian Weekly. Turkey still denies the Armenian Genocide, during which 1.5 million Armenians perished. The Turkish state does not have just one policy or rhetoric concerning it. One could argue that there are four main narratives in Turkey concerning the genocide. read more

Denial of the Armenian Genocide is officially outlawed in France, Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, and Slovakia. Currently, only the governments of Turkey and Azerbaijan deny that there was an Armenian genocide, with their ally Pakistan not even recognizing Armenia as a country. read more

Turks of Western Turkey were talking about Greek paramilitary forces a.k.a. palikarya; Turks who are descended from Balkan regions were talking about Bulgarian attrocities during Balkan Wars; Turks, Circassians, Lazs, Georgians of North-East and Kurds were the only ones who aware of Armenian genocide. read more

For many Armenians, the genocide, like the Holocaust of six million Jews, is still a painful issue exacerbated by Turkey's continued denials. In the Perinçek case, Armenia hoped to set out that the genocide is a fact which cannot be denied without legal repercussions. read more