Betrayed • The forgotten Armenian holocaust • © BBC (full documentary)

"In April 1915 the Ottoman government embarked upon the systematic decimation of its civilian Armenian population. The persecutions continued with varying intensity until 1923 when the Ottoman Empire ceased to exist and was replaced by the Republic of Turkey. The Armenian population of the Ottoman state was reported at about two million in 1915. An estimated one million had perished by 1918, while hundreds of thousands had become homeless and stateless refugees. By 1923 virtually the entire Armenian population of Anatolian Turkey had disappeared." -- Armenian National Institute.

Fergal Patrick Keane investigates, for Correspondent, how the holocaust returns to haunt the relationship between Turkey and its western allies.

For decades Armenians campaigned to have the killings of their forefathers in Ottoman Turkey recognized as genocide but there has been an equally determined campaign by Turkey to this day to deny the 'genocide' with threats of reprisals against any country that uses the term 'genocide' to describe the slaughter encouraged by the United States anxious to win Ankara's support in geo-politics.

The documentary discloses how President George W Bush and his predecessor Bill Clinton both broke promises to the Armenians that they would recognize the 'genocide.' Talking to Armenian survivors, Turkish officials and key political figures in the United States, Keane investigates two different versions of events that left Armenians 'Betrayed' in their Forgotten Holocaust.

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• Armenian geocide
• Turkey
• Ottoman Turkey
• holocaust
• Education
• Fergal
• Patrick Keane
• Correspondent
• Armenian National Institute

[5753970]

the turkish government should admit the crimes, apologize and pay money to the victim famillies. its the honest thing to do.

[1niloc3]

It is important that we see documentaries like this. Thank you for posting. 

[FarizTug]

20 years have passed since the occupation of Garadaghli village of Azerbaijan's Khojavand region by the Armenian armed forces.

watch?v=sKUVqy0pfZY

[SuperNekoma]

the turks were called the madmen of europe, and they proved it with the armenian genocide.  i am jewish and know that was the first genocide. i don't know how armenians can stand that denial. it makes it even worse.

[TheDravidianwolf]

There used to be a joke among armenians during the soviet union days, that they needed to protect the Jews from persecution because once the Jews were gone, they will be next..

[nikiniferihakoydum]

if Turkey would have made a holocaust, no any single Armenian person could live now.

[Tomacomo]

fucking turkish dogs.

[Sev196]

my family went through same thing, but fled to lebanon

[fsdsdfa1]

@Tj22REMIXES Stop giving a bad name to your country, u racist piece of shit look what your typing, you don't now nothing your ignorant just like your country & government... You go to jail in Turkey for talking about the Armenian Genocide, but the Reporter Hrant Dink that was killed in broad daylight his murderer was set free by the turkish government because he killed an Armenian its people like you that start wars in this beautiful world

[mems3210]

@lukkyluciano Nato needs Turkey and turkey needs nato but turkey does not need the EU, we dont want EU

[mems3210]

i believe there was mass killings of armenians, but i would not call them systematic and a planned genocide, it was happening from both sides armenians killing turks in villages then turks doing the same, motivated out of revenge and fear. both sides were killing each other.

[Tj22REMIXES]

@5753970 turks dont need to apologise FUCK the armanians!!!!