Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Armenians mark 1915 mass killings
Mass killing, massacre, or genocide. No
matter how it is called, such criminal conduct shall never be justified. A
hundred years after the massacre in Armenia that was executed by then ruling government,
Ottoman Empire, present-day administration, The Republic of Turkey, refuse to recognize
it as genocide. They insist the number of the deaths was inflated and the cause
of the deaths was part of war and starvation.
Armenia, a small Christian country is
located in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia bordered by Turkey to the west
and Georgia to the north, became independent only a quarter century ago from
then Soviet Union. On April 24, they made a centenary of the massacre of up to
1.5 million of their people allegedly by Ottoman forces. The event was attended
by the leaders from France and Russia and delegates from over 60 countries. A
century after the massacre, only 26 countries have officially recognized it as
genocide.
Enjoy reading and learning about this
100-year-old tragedy.
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