Some people hold grudges for something that has happened years ago, even if it is something historical. In 1923, 1.5 million Armenians had been murdered, or taken to a desert where they were not fed and died of starvation. Nobody, not even the international community, did anything to prevent or stop this. This resulted into killing about 3 thousand Armenian lives. It all started on April 24th, 1915. Armenians were rounded up- being arrested, deported, and executed. Hundreds of thousands died, mainly because they were denied any food or water as well as being attacked by the Turks government (no matter age and/or gender). Finally, the international community threatened to hold Turks responsible. They certainly did not get away with their actions.
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Charges were pressed, and the leaders were condemned to death for what they had done. Small efforts to raise money and gain support was made. Turks either robbed or murdered their neighbors, and some helped by hiding them someplace safe. “Today, the Turkish Government dismisses all charges of genocide and denies that the relocation of Armenians was actually a plan to exterminate the whole of the Armenian population.” (from the article of “The Armenian Genocide”) The Turks have gotten what they deserve, but personally I do not agree with the Genocide being forgotten. I do agree with Chris Bohjalian’s statement of, “the genocide matters today. It matters morally and it matters politically. It matters because it was an unpunished crime- and a crime of cataclysmic proportions…. It matters because to this day Turkey does not acknowledge it. Imagine if Germany did not acknowledge the holocaust. We would be justifiably outraged. It would certainly affect our internal relationship.” The Turks punishment is not worth what they have done to end so many innocent Armenian lives due to their Christian religion. As for the genocide being a part of history, we must remember what happened so we do not make the same mistake over
Charges were pressed, and the leaders were condemned to death for what they had done. Small efforts to raise money and gain support was made. Turks either robbed or murdered their neighbors, and some helped by hiding them someplace safe. “Today, the Turkish Government dismisses all charges of genocide and denies that the relocation of Armenians was actually a plan to exterminate the whole of the Armenian population.” (from the article of “The Armenian Genocide”) The Turks have gotten what they deserve, but personally I do not agree with the Genocide being forgotten. I do agree with Chris Bohjalian’s statement of, “the genocide matters today. It matters morally and it matters politically. It matters because it was an unpunished crime- and a crime of cataclysmic proportions…. It matters because to this day Turkey does not acknowledge it. Imagine if Germany did not acknowledge the holocaust. We would be justifiably outraged. It would certainly affect our internal relationship.” The Turks punishment is not worth what they have done to end so many innocent Armenian lives due to their Christian religion. As for the genocide being a part of history, we must remember what happened so we do not make the same mistake over