GENOCIDE NEGATION CASES INCREASING AMONG SCHOOL STUDENTS IN FRANCE
PanARMENIAN.Net
22.03.2010 20:38 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Genocide negation cases are increasing among school
students in France.
In one of Strasbourg schools, music teacher set the homework of Charles
Aznavour’s Pour toi Armenie song, having handed out the lyrics,
containing references to Armenian Genocide, as well as a note on
the first genocide of the 20th century. The fact displeased Turkish
student Edanur Gedik, who refused from learning the song and started
negating the Armenian Genocide. In reply, the teacher stated that if
Turkey seeks to become EU member, it has to acknowledge Genocide in
the first place, Zaman reported.
France is among the countries where Genocide negation is punishable.
The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic
destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during
and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres, and
deportations involving forced marches under conditions designed to
lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths
reaching 1.5 million.
The majority of Armenian Diaspora communities were formed by the
Genocide survivors.