Expert: Turkish government aimed to annihilate Armenian peopleApril 24, 2011 - 14:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Historian, expert of Analitika.at.ua information analytical center David Davtyan said the Armenian Genocide was not a result of hostilities, though the Ottoman Empire was participating in the World War I at that time. According to Davtyan, Assyrians and Greeks also were subjected to violence and extermination during the years of Armenian Genocide. “Armenians of all confessions - Apostolic, Catholic and Protestant - were killed. During these ethnic and confessional cleansings, from 1.5 to 2mln people were slaightered.” “That was a planned action of the Turkish government which aimed at complete annihilation of the Armenian people. We should also remember the simultaneous cultural genocide, which, however, did not end in 1923. For example, only 913 out of 2,200 Armenian churches and monasteries were preserved after the Genocide. According to UNESCO, 464 of them completely disappeared in 1974, 262 - transferred into ruins, while another 197 – need capital repair and restoration,” Davtyan said. “It should be noted that on May 28, 1948, in its report the UN War Crimes Commission made a reference to the Armenian Genocide as an act within the concept of modern term “crime against humanity” in the quality of a precedent for the Nuremberg tribunal,” he concluded. The Armenian Genocide The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres and deportations, involving forced marches under conditions designed to lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths reaching 1.5 million. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Glendale mayor to visit Yerevan Asatryan last visited Armenia in December 2022-January 2023 as she helped establish a partnership between Armenia’s Opera House and Los Angeles Opera. Ucom’s fixed network launches in Nor Hachn City residents will be able to use fixed-line Internet, mobile communications and television in one package at more affordable prices. Ambassador summoned to Russia returns to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin has returned to Yerevan more than two weeks after being recalled to Moscow for consultations. Armenia parliament to consider draft proposal on impeachment June 17 The Armenian Parliament will hold an extraordinary session on June 17 to consider a draft proposal on the resignation of the government. |