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A Century After Armenian Genocide, Turkey's Denial Only Deepens

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garzooma4/17/2015 8:24:14 pm PDT

I think we should be less concerned about “Turkey’s Denial” (lots of countries have strange ideas) and more concerned about our own country’s enabling of it. Here’s an article about a rug made by Armenian orphans, survivors of genocide, that the White House refused to lend to the Smithsonian for fear of offending Turkey. No other country has this level of control over what American officials can say or do — the Smithsonian, for crying out loud. “Turkey’s Denial” happens because it works, and we let it work.