Armenian genocide must be recognised

2015 is the centenary of the Armenian genocide that cost the lives of up to a millions Armenian men, women and children.

What makes the Armenian Genocide so important is that because it was so “successful” from an Ottoman Turk point of view, that it became a sort of blueprint for further acts of genocide in the 20th century. Infamously, Adolf Hitler is reported to have said: “Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?”

The relative success of the Armenian Genocide encouraged others, including Hitler, Idi Amin, Pol Pot, and the Rwandan Government to carry out further acts of genocide.