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It’s worth also mentioning the the Armenian genocide (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide ) which ha
by lucaspiller 9y ago
It’s worth also mentioning the the Armenian genocide (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide ) which happened around the same time by the Ottoman Empire, and is just as unknown. That resulted in the death of over 1.5 million people, and tensions between Armenia and Turkey are still rather tense today. Many Western countries still refuse to accept it took place, most likely due to their favourable political position with Turkey.
- zjaffee 9y agoMaybe it's just me, but the Armenian genocide is much more well known than the greek one. There are pulitzer winning authors who discuss the Armenian genocide, and at least for me it was taught on when I learned about world war 1 (abet this isn't as touched on as much as ww2). And in more recent years, you have seen countries of serious prominence such as Germany recognize the arminian genocide as a genocide rather than just a war. I learned about the greek aspect from this post. I'm curious if this is because the arminian genocide killed 90% of the ethnic groups population, being one of the most horrific and close to complete acts of ethnic cleansing ever to happen.