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100-yrs, anniversary of Armenian genocide

Saturday, 25 April 2015 3:08 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 25 April 2015 6:00 PM ]

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TOPSHOTS People take part in the torchlight procession in Yerevan late on April 24, 2015. Armenians commemorate on April 24 a hundred years since 1.5 million of their kin were massacred by Ottoman forces, as a fierce dispute still rages with Turkey over Ankara

Verenia Keet
Press TV, Istanbul

Armenians in Turkey have held a ceremony to mark 100 years since the start of killings of Armenians by Ottoman forces during World War One. The participants in the ceremony called on the Turkish government to recognize the killings as genocide. Press TV’s Verenia Keet reports from Istanbul.

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