NEW YORK TIMES TO USE TERM “GENOCIDE” IN REFERENCES TO MASSACRES OF
ARMENIANS IN OTTOMAN TURKEY

19.04.2004 18:59

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ New York Times has lifted its long-standing policy against
the use of the term “genocide” in reference to the massacres of Armenians in
the Ottoman Empire. As reported by the Armenian National Committee of
America, the statement released by the newspaper’s editorial staff says:
“After careful study of scholarly definitions of “genocide” we have decided
to accept the term “genocide” in references to the Turks’ mass destruction
of Armenians in 1915″. To note, Boston Globe taken analogous decision in
July 2003.