ARMENIANS MARK 93RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
PanARMENIAN.Net
24.04.2008 12:05 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Today, on April 24, Armenians throughout the globe
mark the 93rd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman
Empire. Mass arrests of the Armenian intellectual, religious, economic
and political elite started in Constantinople on that very day in 1915
what resulted in entire annihilation of a whole pleiad of outstanding
Armenian cultural workers.
Writers, actors, musicians, teachers, doctors, lawyers, journalists,
businessmen, political and religious leaders were detained till
the end of May 1915 without being incriminated anything. In the
course of several weeks some 800 celebrated Armenians were arrested
in Constantinople. By the end of summer there had been few of them
left alive. During the period of 1915-1923, 1.5 million of Armenians
were killed.
The Armenian Genocide was recognized by Russia, France, Lebanon,
Uruguay, Cyprus, Argentina, Greece, Belgium, Sweden, Slovakia,
Vatican, Germany, Lithuania, House of Commons of Canada, the House of
Representatives of the Netherlands, National Council of Switzerland,
Lower House of the parliament of Italy and Sejm of Poland as well as
many states of the U.S.