Armenia marks 100 years since genocide by Ottoman Turks LIVE UPDATES

Published time: April 24, 2015 06:16
Edited time: April 24, 2015 16:17

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People mourn at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial Museum in Yerevan. (Reuters/David Mdzinarishvili)

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Armenians worldwide are marking an anniversary of an Ottoman genocide of up to 1.5 million of their people a century ago. Commemoration services are expected to draw millions in Armenia’s capital, Yerevan, and abroad.

Friday, April 24

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Turkey said that it condemned the fact that Russian President Vladimir Putin referred to the 1915 massacre as genocide.
"We reject and condemn... (Putin's) characterisation of 1915 events as genocide despite all our warnings and calls," the foreign ministry said, as cited by AFP.

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People attend a commemoration ceremony to mark the centenary of the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex in Yerevan, Armenia, April 24, 2015 (Reuters / David Mdzinarishvili)