Summary
Today April 26th, people came together to rally the deaths of the killings of Armenians during World War 1 by the Ottoman empire. People came together because it was the centennial of the deaths. Senator Charles Schumer and Jewish rally speakers including Taner Akcam who is Turkish born scholar who supports the cause of realizing it was a genocide Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of America sponsored the event to get people together to realize this wrong. This situation was stirred up since the pope last week brought up the Armenian deaths stating it as a genocide, which angered turkey greatly.
people gathering for the rally in time square
Response
i did a previous article on when the pope used the word genocide when mentioning the Armenian deaths...I didn't think it would stir up this much controversy. At first I wondered what the popes intention was when he said this and I think hes getting exactly what he wanted. He stirred this up enough and now more people are realizing the truth behind the Armenian deaths. The weird thing is I've never heard of any kind of these Armenian deaths or the genocide I had no idea about it. Since turkey is allianced with america I wonder if they shelter us from what truly happened, How come more of us don't know about it? This seems weird this is only taking action now so many years later. I guess they just needed the Popes influential push to get everyone's attention.
1 comments :
Sam,
The Armenian Genocide is a known event that is part of the world's history. It is very easy to find information on it, we are not sheltered. The Pope did not cause these rallies, they happen every year to commemorate the lost lives in the genocide.
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