Armenian Genocide

The 20th century genocide killed more than 1 million people, and the Turkish government still denies it occurred.

Two bills passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support on Tuesday, one recognizing the Armenian genocide and the other calling for sanctions on Turkish officials.

The House voted overwhelmingly to support the bill recognizing the early 20th century genocide, in which more than 1 million Armenians are thought to have been killed.

Dozens of nations see the deaths of a million and a half Armenians and hundreds of thousands of Greeks and Assyrians under the Ottomans as a genocide, the U.S. might have too, an NSC official told Newsweek.

A little more than 100 years after the Ottoman Turks killed 1.5 million Armenians, Turkey's president tweets in Armenian.

America, as the planet's most powerful nation, can offer crucial help.

The pontiff said spreading disinformation is "the greatest damage that the media can do."

The pope angered Turkey by using the same term in a statement earlier this year.

The reality TV star responded to the advertisement on her blog.

Turkey does not recognize the tragic events of 1915-1920 as genocide.

The actor's ancestors fled Ireland during the Great Famine.

The ad, which follows billboards in the Boston and Chicago areas, comes just before the 101st anniversary of the genocide's start.

There is little debate among scholars that the events of 1915 constitute genocide. Politicians skirt the term for other reasons.

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Today, Armenia will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the genocide.

The Armenian genocide, Holocaust Remembrance Day and the beginning of the Bosnian War all fall in April.

Exiled survivors of the Armenian slaughter are being welcomed in Turkey.

The band's first ever show in Armenia will commemorate 100 years since the genocide.

The Ottoman Empire annihilated 1.5 million of it Armenian citizens, and took family stories.

"We will not allow historical incidents to be taken out of their genuine context," Erdogen said.

All the band members are Armenian Americans, and this year marks the 100th anniversary of the genocide.