This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. As World War I began, Turkish rulers embarked on a systematic campaign to purge the region of Armenian citizens, starting with the arrest and execution of hundreds of Armenian intellectuals in Constantinople. During the course of the war, more than a million Armenians—perhaps as many as 1.5 million—were killed through massacres, death marches, and forced labor. A century after these horrific events, the modern-day Turkish government continues to deny that the mass killings were a genocide. In a series of interviews with Armenian-Americans, The Takeaway examines the costly legacy of this denial.
