I wanted to look more into how the Armenian genocide is treated in Turkey today. I know from class that it is commonly denied and not taught in schools, but I wanted to find some more exact stats and examples.
According to http://www.history.com/topics/armenian-genocide
It is illegal to talk about the extent of the genocide in Turkey. Now this really surprised me, because censorship like this invites more extreme intrusions on citizen rights.
I also learned that it took a long time for even other countries to refer to the event as a genocide in media outlets. For example referring to it as the "Armenian genocide" first occurred in the New York Times in 2004.
This is actually a very deep rooted issue as apparently only 10 percent of Turkish citizens believe that their government should recognize the massacres, according to a Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies conducted poll.
Furthermore, children in school are taught not only that there was no organized genocide, but also emphasized instances of Armenian violence and regards them as "treacherous".
So the isssue is actually more more deep that I initially thought, I can't exactly blame the population for not thinking there was a massacre however because that is what they were taught in school.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/04/23/turkey-armenia-genocide-massacre-anniversary/26261059/
No comments:
Post a Comment