Namely, a growing number of countries are crafting or at least discussing plans to honor and recognize the Armenian Genocide, much in the way countries around the globe have done in memory and recognition of the Jewish Holocaust. On January 29 of this year France enacted a law that publicly recognizes the Armenian Genocide. But as support for the Armenian Genocide grows, so too has Turkey's ire and anxiety to suppress such sentiments. If someone accuses you wrongly from stealing an apple from the grocery store you'd feel offended. Turkey doesn t dispute the fact that many Armenians were killed over the course of time between 1915 and 1924 by Ottoman Turkey.
Genocide is a legal term.
The incidents that took place during the First World War do not constitute a genocide under the terms of the United Nations Convention of Prevention and Punishment of Genocide. The specific term Guldere was referring to was intent to destroy, as described in Article 2 of the UN s Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which was entered into force, January 12, 1951. You cannot condemn someone for first degree murder if they came close to first degree murder. One of the preconditions is the intent to destroy. There was no such intent.