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Armenian Americans celebrate Biden s recognition of genocide EUGENE GARCIA and DAISY NGUYEN, Associated Press April 24, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 17 1of17Religious leaders sing at a ceremony remembering the victims of the Armenian Genocide at the Montebello Armenian Genocide Monument in Montebello, Calif., Saturday, April 24, 2021. The United States is formally recognizing that the systematic killing and deportation of hundreds of thousands of Armenians by Ottoman Empire forces in the early 20th century was genocide as President Joe Biden used that precise word that the White House has avoided for decades for fear of alienating ally Turkey.Damian Dovarganes/APShow MoreShow Less 2of17Members of the Armenian- American community join religious leaders at a religious ceremony remembering the victims of the Armenian Genocide at the Montebello Armenian Genocide Monument in Montebello, Calif., Saturday, April 24, 2021. The United States is formally ....
An estimated 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Ottoman Empire forces in the events beginning in 1915. Author: EUGENE GARCIA and DAISY NGUYEN (Associated Press) Published: 7:44 PM CDT April 24, 2021 Updated: 7:44 PM CDT April 24, 2021 LOS ANGELES Armenian Americans celebrated the news Saturday that President Joe Biden formally declared the systematic killing and deportation of hundreds of thousands of their ancestors by Ottoman Empire forces in the early 1900s to be “genocide,” saying the recognition was long overdue. His action came after decades of activism, most of which was centered in California, home of the largest Armenian community in the nation. “He s the first American president to have the guts to talk about it. I never understood why the U.S. waited this long when they knew the truth about what happened. It s amazing and I m very happy he did what he did,” said Varoujan Kioudjian, 74 ....
Middle EastFactbox: The Armenian issue in the United States Reuters 2 minutes read U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday formally recognized the massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War One as an act of genocide, a move celebrated by the Armenian-American community in the United States but which infuriated NATO ally Turkey. The move is symbolic and does not trigger any penalties. But it breaks with decades of carefully calibrated White House statements referring to the atrocities by the Armenian term Metz Yeghern (the great evil). Turkey accepts that many Christian Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire were killed in clashes with Ottoman forces during World War One, but it contests the figures and denies that the killings were systematically orchestrated or constitute a genocide. It also says many Muslim Turks perished at the time. ....
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