WASHINGTON—On May 16, U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-R.I.), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in a statement called on Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was visiting the United States, to formally acknowledge and apologize for the Armenian Genocide.
“Two million Armenian men, women, and children living under the jurisdiction of the Ottoman Empire were systematically slaughtered or forced to leave their homeland,” the statement read. “There is no doubt that this heinous, organized assault on the Armenian people constituted the first genocide of the 20th century. And yet, even today, nearly a hundred years later, the Turkish government continues to ignore the preponderance of evidence and deny a historical reality.”
“As Prime Minister Erdogan works to improve his country’s standing in the Middle East, and develop a stronger relationship with the United States, he should take this opportunity to acknowledge the atrocities that occurred once and for all, and issue a formal apology to the survivors and the descendants of the victims. His failure to do so would serve only to deepen an indelible stain on the history of his nation.”
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“Two million Armenian men, women, and children…”
So, this is your new target number?
Nothing new about this number, Ahmet. Please re-read the whole sentence:
“Two million Armenian men, women, and children living under the jurisdiction of the Ottoman Empire were systematically slaughtered or forced to leave their homeland.”
It is likely that this number is actually an underestimate of the number of Armenians who died or were dispossessed or driven into hiding.
I’d bet after 2015, that number will increase to 3 million, who knows.
“slaughtered OR forced to leave their homeland.”
It’s not that hard.
We also would like to hear how many died or were forced to displace during the US invasion of Iraq, Vietnam, Japan, Afghanistan and other unfortunate corners of the world. Speak up, David !
And Armenians expect and demand support from such a country. What a partnership indeed.
Ahmet & riftaf
Clearly yet again you respond without reading the details, much like your ancestors who spread false news about disloyal Armenians and set off events that led to the Murder and displacement of 2M Armenians. So take a deep breath and understand that the number 2M represents 1.5M Armenians butchered and 500,000 who escaped into what has become the Armenian diaspora. I hope I used simple enough method to make a realy simple sentance simpler for your to comprehend.