Previous answer stating that “ insulting Turkishness” is the reason to get arrested is false. It is very well possible within Turkey to talk about Armenian Genocide. read more
In 1923 - the same year the republic was established - similar events occurred but "with less intensity", according to Raffi Sarkissian, co-chairman of the Armenian Genocide Centenary Commemoration Committee. The Armenian National Institute, a Washington DC-based organisation, said the deportations were disguised as a resettlement programme. read more
Worried that the Christian Armenian population was planning to align with Russia, a primary enemy of the Ottoman Turks, officials embarked on what historians have called the first genocide of the 20th century: Nearly 1.5 million Armenians were killed, some in massacres like the one here, others in forced marches to the Syrian desert that left them starved to death. read more