Denying history never works. Truth will find a way.

[gridlore]

Here is what I've never understood about Turkey's vehement denial of the Armenian Genocide. It happened during the twilight of the Ottoman Empire under the rule of Mehmed V.

The Republic of Turkey, which only came into formal existence in 1923, could have easily decried the genocide as part of the death spasms of the old regime.

Instead, we get this insane denial of facts, a denial that emboldened the Nazis.

I'm proud of Joe Biden for stating the simple fact. The Ottoman Empire engaged in a targeted genocide of Armenians in the empire during WWI.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/24/politics/armenian-genocide-biden-erdogan-turkey/index.html

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[dewline]

I'll share a theory about why they've denied it so fervently even into the "here and now": there's sufficient numbers of people who think it should have worked back in the day when it was committed. That they didn't and don't see it as a crime worth damning the Ottoman regime for (unlike others)...and there's still plans for the Kurds.

[mtbc]

Definitely. Finally, another step toward acknowledging it. It's so nice to have the occasional bit of good news (even if about terrible news).