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- proper noun The
genocide ofArmenians perpetrated by theOttoman Turkish authorities duringWorld War I .
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The Meds Yeghern is a devastating chapter in the history of the Armenian people, and we must keep its memory alive in honor of those who were murdered and so that we do not repeat the grave mistakes of the past. "
TODAY'S ZAMAN :: News TODAY’S ZAMAN 2010
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Obama's use of Meds Yeghern "is an elegant dodge to avoid using the 'g-word' -- but the substance of what he states about what happened gives no comfort to those who cling to the Turkish official version," says Harvard University's Andras Riedlmayer.
Michael J.W. Stickings: Anything but Genocide: Obama, Turkey, and the Armenian Holocaust 2010
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I appreciate the fact, reported by Laura Rozen, that President Obama used the proper Armenian term, Meds Yeghern ( "Great Catastrophe"), when referring on Saturday to the Armenian massacre at the hands of the Turks, which took place between 1915 and 1917, but it is telling that he refused to call it what it was: genocide.
Michael J.W. Stickings: Anything but Genocide: Obama, Turkey, and the Armenian Holocaust 2010
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Obama's use of Meds Yeghern "is an elegant dodge to avoid using the 'G-word,' but the substance of what he states about what happened gives no comfort to those who cling to the Turkish official version," said Harvard University's Andras Riedlmayer.
AroundTheCapitol.com 2010
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Obama's use of Meds Yeghern "is an elegant dodge to avoid using the 'G-word,' but the substance of what he states about what happened gives no comfort to those who cling to the Turkish official version," said Harvard University's Andras Riedlmayer.
AroundTheCapitol.com 2010
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