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Why it took Congress 40 years to pass a bill acknowledging the Armenian genocide

  • Written by Eldad Ben Aharon, Lecturer, Leiden University
Thousands of Armenian-Americans gather to commemorate the 103rd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Los Angeles, California on April 24, 2018. Ronen Tivony/Nur via Getty Images

Between 1914 and 1921, the Ottoman Empire carried out an extended campaign to expel or kill the Armenians living in Turkey and its border regions. From massacres to death...

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