The Armenian Genocide?
The Armenian Genocide? The Holocaust, Darfur, Rwanda, the Syrian Civil War. These are four of the most infamous genocides of our time. To most this may seem accurate, but, in reality, there is one major mass murder missing: The Armenian Genocide. Since 1915, the beginning of this massacre, the Armenian Genocide has been forgotten, or rather ignored, by the majority of the world. Although the Armenian Genocide was just as brutal as the Holocaust, it is not as well known because it was covered up by the Young Turks as a civil war. To understand the seriousness of the Armenian Genocide, it is necessary to have some background information about it. According to multiple sources, including History.com’s article “Armenian Genocide”, there is a
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There are many reasons for this, and sources like History.com and the Armenian National Institute talk about those reasons. Until 2004, the Turks’ crimes were not recognized as a genocide by American news outlets until New York Times wrote an article about it (“Armenian Genocide”). Here, for one of the first times, this genocide got recognition. There is a reason that the Armenian Genocide hasn’t gotten the same respect, and that reason is because of the Turkish government's deliberate cover up. Before, during, and after the genocide, the Turkish government stated that there was a civil war between Turkey and the Armenians. In reality, the brutal killings of hundreds of thousands of Armenians were taking place and being ignored. Most genocides are hard to cover up because the whole world is focusing on the troubles in the area that the genocide takes place in, but, because of World War 1, it was very easy for Turkey to make sure no one knew the truth about their crimes. Because the Ottoman Empire was in WWI, it took the attention away from them. This is a deliberate, but simple way to cover up the Armenian Genocide, and is the main reason very view people have heard of this major genocide. To conclude, the reason not very many people have heard of the Armenian Genocide is because the Turkish government has, and continues to cover up this genocide as a civil
There are many reasons for this, and sources like History.com and the Armenian National Institute talk about those reasons. Until 2004, the Turks’ crimes were not recognized as a genocide by American news outlets until New York Times wrote an article about it (“Armenian Genocide”). Here, for one of the first times, this genocide got recognition. There is a reason that the Armenian Genocide hasn’t gotten the same respect, and that reason is because of the Turkish government's deliberate cover up. Before, during, and after the genocide, the Turkish government stated that there was a civil war between Turkey and the Armenians. In reality, the brutal killings of hundreds of thousands of Armenians were taking place and being ignored. Most genocides are hard to cover up because the whole world is focusing on the troubles in the area that the genocide takes place in, but, because of World War 1, it was very easy for Turkey to make sure no one knew the truth about their crimes. Because the Ottoman Empire was in WWI, it took the attention away from them. This is a deliberate, but simple way to cover up the Armenian Genocide, and is the main reason very view people have heard of this major genocide. To conclude, the reason not very many people have heard of the Armenian Genocide is because the Turkish government has, and continues to cover up this genocide as a civil