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ANKARA-Anadolu Agency U.S. President Donald Trump's statement on the 1915 events is "void of objectivity," Turkey's ambassador to Washington said on April 24.  Serdar Kılıç said the U.S. president's statement is "based on a subjective narrative which Armenians try to turn into a dogma." "This statement, made with domestic political…

ANKARA-Anadolu Agency Turkey's president on April 24 sent a letter to the head of the Armenian Patriarchate, assuring equal treatment regardless of belief and identity in the country. In a letter to Patriarch Sahak Mashalian, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan commemorated Ottoman Armenians who died during World War I, conveying his condolences…

Former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenSome Democrats say charges against Biden merit independent investigation Press: Joe Biden faces his own me-too moment Joe Biden makes mistake with new World Health Organization pledge MORE vowed to officially recognize the 1915 Armenian genocide if elected to the White House, a move past…

April 24, 2020 2:00 PM ET Former Vice President Joe Biden announced on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day that he would recognize the genocide if elected president. “If elected, I pledge to support a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide and will make universal human rights a top priority for my administration,”…

Forgetting is permission to repeat the evil, he said Kyriakos Mitsotakis called the Armenian Genocide “a crime against humanity that tarnished the dawn of the 20th century” in a message on social media. On the occasion of the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, April 24, the Prime Minister also noted that…

Written by Neha Banka , Edited by Explained Desk | Kolkata | Updated: April 29, 2020 10:53:36 am Armenian refugess in Relief Committee tents, Aintab. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)The Armenian Genocide is often called the first genocide of the twentieth century. It refers to the systematic annihilation of Armenians living in…

WASHINGTON- Anadolu Agency U.S. President Donald Trump issued an annual commemoration of the 1915 events on April 24, again using the Armenian term “Meds Yeghern" to describe the tragedy. "On this day, we bear witness to the strength and resiliency of the Armenian people in the face of tragedy," he…

Armenian clerics at a memorial service in Yerevan to commemorate the 105th anniversary of the massacre. (AP pic)YEREVAN: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Friday decried crimes against “civilisation” and demanded an apology from Turkey as his country marked the 105th anniversary of the WWI-era Armenian genocide. The genocide is…

Friday marks Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, on which the early 20th-century killing of more than 1.5 million Armenians is remembered worldwide.The genocide, which occurred in the final years of the Ottoman Empire, is a contentious topic, still denied by Turkey— the Ottoman successor state. Official recognition of the massacre as…

ANKARA The deaths that occurred during World War I are the common pain of all, presidential spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has said, referring to the deaths of Ottoman Armenians in 1915 in a statement, released on the anniversary of April 24, which Armenians mark as a day of commemoration of what…