Since 1920, every government of the Republic of Turkey has denied that its predecessor state, the Ottoman Empire, committed genocide against its Armenian citizens during World War I—a crime documented in a large body of evidence and affirmed by the vast majority of scholars. The ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) denied the genocide as they carried it out, claiming that Armenians in the Ottoman Empire were resettled for military reasons, not exterminated.
Since 1920, every government of the Republic of Turkey has denied that its predecessor state, the Ottoman Empire, committed genocide against its Armenian citizens during World War I—a crime documented in a large body of evidence and affirmed by the vast majority of scholars. The ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) denied the genocide as they carried it out, claiming that Armenians in the Ottoman Empire were resettled for military reasons, not exterminated.
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