Nothing inflames the present like the past. When Pope Francis said on April 12th that the "first genocide" of the 20th century was of the Armenians in 1915, Turkey angrily recalled its ambassador to the Vatican. Far from being resolved, the argument over exactly what to call the death of as many as 1m-1.5m Armenian citizens of the Ottoman empire still spreads hatred. This fight does nothing for Turks and Armenians-nor for the century-old memory of the victims.
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