While this anniversary may evoke painful memories. it would be worse if we did not remember the terrible atrocities perpetrated against the Armenian people. April 24 is an important date because it was on this day in 1915 that over 200 religious. political. and intellectual leaders of the Armenian community in Istanbul were executed. Sadly. April 24. 1915 marked only the beginning of a systematic policy of deportation and extermination of Armenians by the governments of the Ottoman Empire. Between 1915 and 1923. over half of the worlds Armenian population. an estimated 1.5 million men. women. and children. were killed. The Armenians are an ancient and proud people.
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