Iraq and Turkey See Tensions Rise After Ambush

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Originally Posted by rkzenrage

We also offended them recently by finally acknowledging the Armenian genocide.

We do not blame the Germans for the holocaust. We blame the Nazis. Do we blame the Turks for the Armenian genocide? Or do we blame it on a dying Ottoman Empire. Especially important here is that Ataturk had nothing to do with that Armenian genocide. But who gets blamed? Ottomans or Turks?

Turks also acknowledge the Armenian deaths. However it is not defined as genocide. It is defined as victims of war. Ottoman Empire citizens who sided with the French and Russians and who therefore got their just due.