Armenian Genocide

An open-air temple area that is 2,800 years old, dating back to the Urartu period, has been discovered in the historical Harput Castle in the eastern province of Elazığ.

Turkey on Feb. 25 slammed a decision by the Dutch House of Representatives to recognize the 1915 events as "genocide" against Armenians.  

Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hami Aksoy said the decision and calling on the government to recognize the events of 1915 as genocide is a null attempt to rewrite history with political motives.

Max Hoffman is the associate director of National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress and his work is focused on Turkey, Europe and the Middle East.

Impunity over Armenian Genocide enabled the Jewish Holocaust

On Thursday, a few hours before the leaders of European Union member-states were to discuss the bloc's relations with Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended a military parade in Baku, celebrating Azerbaijan's triumph over Armenian forces (with Turkish assistance).

High Advisory Board of Turkish presidency gathered on June 16 to discuss how to respond to "groundless and anti-Turkey allegations" regarding the events of 1915. 

Turkey's first Armenian museum has been established in Vakıflı, an Armenian village in the Samandağ district of the southern province of Hatay.
In the museum, different cultures are also presented besides the Armenian culture.

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."

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis commemorated the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day on April 24, calling it a "perpetual lesson to reject hatred."

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.