Webbeginning on april 24, 1915, with the arrest of armenian intellectuals and community leaders in constantinople by ottoman authorities, one and a half million armenians were.
Webapril 24 is armenian genocide remembrance day.
But current atrocities at the hands of azerbaijan show the suffering of armenians continues.
Webon april 24, 1915, the government arrested about 250 armenian leaders and intellectuals.
This is seen by many as the beginning of the massacre, and april 24 now marks.
Today, we pause to remember the lives lost during the meds yeghern —the armenian genocide—and renew our pledge to never.
In anticipation of threatened allied landings at the strategically important gallipoli peninsula, ottoman authorities arrest 240 armenian leaders in.