The 108th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide/ An activity is organized in Tirana, in commemoration of the victims

2023-04-22 10:38:00, Aktualitet CNA

The 108th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide/ An activity is organized in

April 24 marks the 108th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, also known as the Holocaust.

Today, two days from the 108th anniversary of this genocide, the "Armenian-Albanian Friendship" association is holding an activity at the premises of Sar'Otel in Tirana.

The purpose of the activity is to commemorate the ancestors and relatives who lost their lives during the governance of the Young Turks government.

The 108th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide/ An activity is organized in

A large Armenian community lives in Albania, who are an important part of the country's economic and social developments, contributing in many fields from education, culture, science, etc.

The 108th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide/ An activity is organized in

How did the Armenian Genocide happen?

The genocide began on April 24, 1915, and coincided with the day when the Ottoman authorities arrested and deported from Constantinople some 270 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders, who were then executed.

The genocide was carried out during and after World War I and lasted from 1915 to 1923. During this period there was the systematic mass extermination and deportation of more than 1.5 million ethnic Armenians within the Ottoman Empire. They were deprived of food and water and subjected to periodic robberies, rapes and massacres.

The 108th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide/ An activity is organized in

The Armenian Genocide is an issue that creates debate even today. Most Armenians, Western intellectuals, and some Turks believe that the killing of Armenians was the result of a state plan for mass extermination, but some others think that Armenians died from conflict, starvation, and disease.

Even today there is no exact number for the loss of life, but the number of victims ranges from 200,000 to 1.8 million Armenians.

Turkey denies that the word genocide is an accurate term for these crimes, but in recent years it has been asked to recognize it as such. As of 2019, the governments and parliaments of 31 countries, including Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Russia, as well as 49 of the 50 states of the United States have recognized the events as a genocide./ CNA.al