# I wonder how the Armenian Genocide translates into Turkish? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 24, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-how-the-armenian-genocide-translates-into-turkish/718435 "2015-04-24T13:46:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidmich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-how-the-armenian-genocide-translates-into-turkish/718435/1 "2015-04-24T13:46:18Z")
Hi I wonder how the Armenian Genocide translates into Turkish? I couldn’t find a Turkish translation for it. I couldn’t verify how Turks blog about this topic. It’s probably forbidden to discuss it publicly/in the media or at least suppressed by the government I imagine. Is there anyone who can tell me if there is division in Turkey on this subject? Is it a polarizing issue in Turkey itself or just outside of Turkey? I look forward to your feedback. davidmich > **[Armenian genocide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide)** > > The Armenian genocide\[a\] was the systematic destruction of the Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily through the mass murder of around one million Armenians during death marches to the Syrian Desert and the forced Islamization of others, primarily women and children. > Before World War I, Armenians occupied a somewhat protected, but subordinate, place in Ottoman socie... The Armenian Genocide[8] (Armenian: Հայոց ցեղասպանություն Hayots tseghaspanutyun),[note 3] also known as the Armenian Holocaust,[9] the Armenian Massacres and, traditionally by Armenians, as Medz Yeghern (Armenian: Մեծ Եղեռն, “Great Crime”), ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-how-the-armenian-genocide-translates-into-turkish/718435/2 "2015-04-24T14:39:42Z")
On the Armenian Genocide article you linked, go down to the bottom left-hand part of the page, and click on where it says “[Türkçe](http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermeni_K%C4%B1r%C4%B1m%C4%B1)”. That will give you the Turkish-language Wikipedia reference. The Turkish article gives both \*Ermeni Kırımı \*and \*Ermeni Soykırımı \*as translations. ---
**Author:** ![davidmich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-how-the-armenian-genocide-translates-into-turkish/718435/3 "2015-04-24T20:10:10Z")
I have my answer. Found this article in Spiegel. Protests in Istambul are being permitted. > **[Gedenken an die Opfer des armenischen Völkermordes in Istanbul](https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/gedenken-an-die-opfer-des-armenischen-voelkermordes-in-istanbul-a-1030601.html)** > > Auch in der Türkei wurde des Völkermordes an den Armeniern vor 100 Jahren gedacht: In der Istanbuler Innenstadt kamen Tausende Demonstranten zusammen. Die Polizei hielt sich zurück. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-how-the-armenian-genocide-translates-into-turkish/718435/4 "2015-04-25T01:25:22Z")
Today (4-24) I walked by the pretty Armenian church in St. Petersburg. There was a \*\*massive \*\*police presence. At first I thought Putin was in town (that is a much more massive presence - I’d likely not have been allowed by). ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-how-the-armenian-genocide-translates-into-turkish/718435/5 "2015-04-25T03:15:25Z")
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-how-the-armenian-genocide-translates-into-turkish/718435/6 "2015-04-25T03:36:46Z")
Find the Turkish words for Denial.