March 22, 2016 - 14:29 AMT
Turkey boosts efforts to further deny Armenian Genocide

Turkish Historical Society (TTK) compiles data, articles and "other works" to further deny the Armenian Genocide, Daily Sabah reports.

1.5 million Armenians were killed in the Genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Empire during World War I in 1915. Turkey accepts the mass deaths of Armenians during their forced deportation during the war, but claims the death toll was much lower and attributes mass deaths to diseases and isolated cases of attacks.

TTK started compiling all articles on the issue written in Turkey and throughout the world to publish books on the genocide. The organization plans to sent the books to libraries across the country as well as international historians.

Speaking to Habertürk daily, TTK President Refik Turan said articles included “indisputable scientific facts.”

In April 2014, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was prime minister at the time, offered condolences for “the Armenian deaths” that occurred in 1915 - a first for a Turkish leader.