tomarza:

it’s almost 2015, and soon armenians will commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of their genocide. in the more than ninety-nine years that have passed since the deportation and massacre of armenian intellectuals and community leaders from istanbul on april 24, 1915, which is considered by many the beginning of the genocide, turkey—cultural and political heir to the ottoman empire, whose leaders perpetrated the armenian, assyrian, and greek genocides—has done everything it could to pretend that what happened to anatolian christians between 1915 and 1923 was not genocide. 

here is what you can do for armenians. 

• learn about the genocide. here is a list of books about the armenian genocide. read them if you can—some are available online for free, at least in part—and if not, make use of the internet, or my blog.
• talk to your friends, especially on and around april 24. encourage people to do independent research; share with them the tools you have used to do your own learning. 
• demand accountability. confront genocide denial in your own community. ask cenk uygur why he denied the armenian genocide, and why he named his popular tv news network after the men that committed it. if you’re a citizen of a nation that denies the armenian genocide, harass your representatives. 
• attend vigils and protests organized by local armenian, assyrian, or greek groups. lend your voice to a cause that is in sore need of (persistent) attention. do not be silent. 

please do not allow our genocides to be forgotten. please learn from and talk with us. please, please share your knowledge with your community. please remember with us.