This post does not relate to much of the material that is on this site, but since this is my location of expression, here is where I must present my thoughts about the Armenian Genocide.
This event was one that occurred in 1915, when it is estimated that 1-1.5 million Armenians were killed by Turkish forces. If you search for the word “Armenian” in Google, it will show you a suggestion to add “genocide” after it, and after the first page or so of results, you start to see links about the genocide in the next few pages. It is one of the biggest deals for the Armenian people. Whole chunks of families were removed from life at that time.
As may be obvious from my name, Armen, you may have guessed that I have Armenian heritage. There are subdivisions of Armenians in various countries, after having left when the Turkish attacked, so there are Russian-Armenians, Lebanese-Armenians, Iranian-Armenians(which I am), and so on. Iran, Russia, and Lebanon are countries that Armenians ran to for safety when the attacks were taking place.
It’s not so cool having one of the most well-known things about your culture be a genocide, and even worse, to be a genocide that isn’t accepted by the US government. It has not been officially recognized by the US government because the Turkish side of the issue has a stronger presence and financial backing, so the Armenian Genocide issue is more about the Armenians needing to rise up as successful individuals than the need to get the genocide accepted.
I thought I would bring this up as it represents my background, and as my name is the beginning of the word Armenian, and I am representing Twitter.com/Armen, it is up to me to have a voice and represent a people.
On a positive note, Kim Kardashian tweeted about recognizing the Armenian Genocide, and she has over 7 million followers, so that is good.
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Hi Armen,
I thought the US govt recognized the genocide in 2009 or 2010, which pissed off the Turkish govt. I even saw it on the news when I was in China. Can you shed some more light?
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April 24, 2011 at 6:55 am
Well it has been mentioned in passing, or resolutions have been brought up, but the actual term “genocide” hasn’t been used by our president like he had promised he would before he got elected, and the event has also not been set as an official occurrence that needs to be corrected for.
Minor items show up but the main issue is left untouched.
Okay, thanks for clarifying, Armen.
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Hello Armen,
This genocide is quite well documented and the suffering is known first hand by those that survived it and lived through most of the 20th centruy and passed on their experiences to the younger generations of Armenians who are the parents and grand parents of most of the kids today in the states. Years ago I had the honor of meeting one of these such ladies and her stories of struggle are a lesson that many of the young boys and girls need to understand about their heritage. A great movie that touched this topic was Ararat.
Thank you for posting this article. Unfortunately the horrors of the Armenian Genocide have been forgotten.
Thanks for your article even if my brother-in-law is Turkish and I love him very much!
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Armen,
I had a friend who is Armenian so he had told us about it, no genocide are good, regardless of which race and region it has came from. Sometimes, I wish we really had a “world peace” so these things does not happen again. EVER!
Preeti
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May 23, 2011 at 6:08 pm
I remember stumbling across this when i was studying abstract art at college….Came across a good painter called Arshile Gorky His background was mainly based around the genocide and as i researched it more i thought to myself…how has such a subject become such a remnant in history, seeing as such subjects as the Hollocaust, Pol Pot Genocide Stalin/USSR genocide all categorized as catastrophic acts of evil, but yet somehow this has missed the attention, unscaved.
I recognise this as a act of evil without doubt, and take note of Armenian courage x
Absolutely horrible. I shall do what i can to make sure everyone i know, knows about this. Shame to the turks
Shame to those whom made decisions to be this way 
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