(24 Apr 2015) Two hundred and fifty Armenian Americans marched in New York City Friday gathering in front of the Turkish Consulate, on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide.
"The message here is more as Armenian Americans here in the United States is to really ask for recognition from Turkey to take a moral stand against these types of atrocities going forward. That's why we are here not only to bring voice to what occurred to the Armenians but also to prevent these types of atrocities from occurring going forward," said protester Raffi Asatoorian.
Around the world on Friday, tens of thousands of people of Armenian descent commemorated the genocide.
Historians estimate that up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I, an event widely viewed by genocide scholars as the first genocide of the 20th century.
Turkey however denies that the deaths constituted genocide, saying the toll has been inflated, and that those killed were victims of civil war and unrest.
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