TODAYonline
April 25 2010
Hundreds of thousands of Armenians mourn victims of mass killings by
Ottoman Turks
04:05 AM Apr 25, 2010
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) – Hundreds of thousands of Armenians have laid
flowers at a monument to the victims of mass killings by Ottoman
Turks, marking the 95th anniversary of the start of the slaughter.
Historians estimate that up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by
Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I. Turkey denies that the
deaths constituted genocide.
Residents of Yerevan and other regions, and representatives of the
Armenian diaspora, marched to a monument on a hill overlooking the
capital. Armenian President Serge Sarkisian described the slaughter as
"unprecedented in its scope" in an address to the nation.
In Paris, about 1,000 people – led by famous French crooner Charles
Aznavour, who is Armenia’s permanent delegate to UNESCO – took part in
a commemoration which climaxed at the Arc de Triomph.
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