Denial Of The Armenian Genocide

In the wake of the failed 1915 invasion of Russia, the embarrassed Ottoman government blamed the Armenian population that straddled the Otto-Russia border. The result was a systematic Genocide that claimed the lives of an estimated 2 million Armenians.The Genocide was overshadowed by world war 1, which gave opportunity to Turkey to begin a culture of denial by minimizing facts and hiding evidence. To this day their government has not officially recognized it.The repeated and methodical denial of the Armenian Genocide directly provided a template for future genocidal regimes. The methods of denial employed by the Turkish government are central to understanding the pattern in which future genocides occurred.

Denial is an important tool used

Bernard Lewis, Dr. Justin Mcarthy, and Dr. Stanford Shaw.The main controversy is intent. On both sides people argue whether or not the Turkish government intended to kill off the Armenians or if it was simply a cost of war. (10) The evidence for intent clearly exists today in the ten commandments, yet an opposition still exists. Letting the argument continue with historians further allows Turkey to cling to the opposition. (7) Even in America, their government hasnt officially recognized the Armenian Genocide, because upsetting The Turkish government would mean less military freedom in their territory. The message sent out to the world by erasing their history is

This is the exact template that has been seen in many Genocides after it. At first, the Armenians were classified based on religion. They were one of the few groups in the Ottoman Empire in there time who were not Muslim and were separated within society because of this, which eventually led to a “us vs. them” mentality when the Armenians were polarized by being accused of traitorous acts following the failed Russian invasion.(9)This was followed by a heavy load of propaganda to sway the public's view. (10) the ten commandments show direct instructions and steps to be taken to exterminate the Armenian people, including to kill off upstanding members of the Armenian community first to prevent any uprise. This is a direct example of organization***. Extermination is the most obvious stage to genocide, the Armenians were subject to brutal killing tactics such as starvation, death marches and mass shootings. Perhaps the most important stage is denial, where the Turkish government still successfully denies it to this day. Since the Armenian Genocide, this template has been