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I was listening to a lecture earlier today that discussed the Armenian genocide, which reminded me of a segment I heard on NPR about it a few years back. I also re-read a portion of a book that mentioned the Armenian genocide.
Looking into it now, apparently the Turkish government is still in denial about the genocide. But at least the Turks just killed the Armenians and didn't enslave them - that would have been far worse.
Here is an NPR article on the genocide:
"The issue rose in prominence in 2005, when Turkey's Nobel Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk said in an interview, "One million Armenians were killed here and nobody but me dares to talk about it."
Pamuk was then charged with insulting Turkishness and faced possible jail time before the charges were dropped by the court."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15180113
Looking into it now, apparently the Turkish government is still in denial about the genocide. But at least the Turks just killed the Armenians and didn't enslave them - that would have been far worse.
Here is an NPR article on the genocide:
"The issue rose in prominence in 2005, when Turkey's Nobel Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk said in an interview, "One million Armenians were killed here and nobody but me dares to talk about it."
Pamuk was then charged with insulting Turkishness and faced possible jail time before the charges were dropped by the court."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15180113