Armenian Genocide denial

An independent radio station in Istanbul has shut down after Turkey's regulator cancelled its terrestrial broadcasting licence after it failed to comply with a suspension order over comments made by a guest on the genocide of Armenians.

Turkey refuses to recognize any Genocide its fore-bearers have committed

Acknowledgement and vigilance is required for the victims of the Armenian Genocide, Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou said in a statement on Wednesday, marking the 109th anniversary since the start of a systematic extermination of one and a half million Armenians during the last period of the Ottoman Empire.

That probably shouldn’t have happened…

The funeral of genocide victims at the Srebrenica Memorial Centre on Tuesday. Photo: EPA-EFE/FEHIM DEMIR.

The CHP's proposed also called for July 11 to be declared Genocide Remembrance Day to commemorate the killings of more than 7,000 Bosniak men and boys by Bosnian Serb forces in 1995.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has issued a message to mark the 108th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

"Preserving the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide is the minimum duty of all humanity. Our thoughts today are with the Armenians of our homeland and with the entire world," Dendias tweeted.

“He fiercely criticized the ruling party for entering the war, and for committing ‘war crimes and massacres’ against its own Armenian citizens”

“It is not a place where those who call the Turkish nation perpetrators of massacre & genocide will be able to exist, or look at us straight in the eye”

His reaction was at least provocative as one day before the 107th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide by Turkey

Turkey refuses to recognize any genocide its fore-bearers have committed