Armenian genocide denial is the negationist claim that the Ottoman Empire and its ruling party, the Committee of Union and Progress, did not commit genocide against its Armenian citizens during World
The Iğdır Genocide Memorial and Museum promotes the false view that Armenians committed genocide against Turks, rather than vice versa.
Arakelots Monastery, built in the 4th century, looted in 1915, later destroyed
The corpses of Armenians beside a road, a common sight along deportation routes
In the 1916 book The Armenian Aspirations and Revolutionary Movements, many photographs claimed to depict Armenian atrocities against Muslims, such as this one, were published.
The recognition of the Armenian genocide is the acknowledgement of the fact that the Ottoman Empire's systematic massacres and forced deportation of Armenians from 1915 to 1923, both during and after
Armenian genocide denial
…genocide, and the Armenians were to blame for it." A critical reason for denial is that the genocide enabled the establishment of a Turkish nation-state; recognizing it would contradict Turkey's founding myths. Since the 1920s, Turkey has worked to prevent recognition or even mention of the genocide in other countries…
The eternal flame at the center of the twelve slabs, located at the Armenian Genocide Memorial complex in Yerevan, Armenia
Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day in Saint Sarkis Cathedral, Tehran, 2017 (center: Archbishop Sepuh Sargsyan)
Pilgrims commemorating the 94th anniversary of the Genocide in Margadeh, near Deir ez-Zor in Syria
Armenian genocide centennial commemoration near Taksim Square, Istanbul in 2015.