An Armenian Genocide Survivor's Story | Lucine Z. Kinoian | TEDxBergenCommunityCollege

Lucine Z. Kinoian’s talk will be on the circumstance and luck that allowed her paternal great-grandparents to survive the Armenian Genocide in spite of the demoralizing suffering they endured, and the looming, inevitable fate that took the lives of their relatives and loved ones. Kinoian’s talk will focus specifically on her great-grandmother, whose story is that of abduction and abuse. Kinoian believes that who we are as individuals is a product of all those who came before us, and that we have an obligation to ourselves, to our society, and to the world at large to know, acknowledge, and learn from the stories of our past. Over a century has passed since the events that mark the start of the Armenian Genocide, and in telling her great- grandmother’s story, Kinoian hopes to be the voice of a generation that is long gone and in danger of being forgotten.
Lucine Z. Kinoian is a third-generation Armenian-American who is active in the respective New York and New Jersey Armenian communities. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Comparative Literature and Philosophy from Rutgers University and a Master’s degree in English Education from Columbia University. Kinoian currently works as an English teacher in the Tenafly, NJ school district.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@taliajuno4238]

This made me cry,lucine, I am grand daughter of orphaned Armenian babies. 2 of them. They all passed away and im finding out my roots via dna tests for the last 2 years. They kept some of those orphaned kids to raise as Turkish after their families were killed. I see Aleppo to Marsellies all the locations our Armenian relatives lived. May our suffered ancestors rest in Heaven. Thank you for sharing your story

[@gaybana2000]

On the 106th anniversary of the vicious slaughter of 22,900 innocent Muslims at the provincial center of the City of Van on April 21, 1915 by mutinous Armenian gangs (Hunchak, Dashnak and alike), We, The Turkish People around the world, would like to commemorate our martyrs with compassion and love, bowing down in front of their honorable, loving memory with respect. The VAN massacre originates from the mutinous attitude fanatical Armenian gangs acquaired in the depths of history. Similar massacres committed by Armenians were witnessed throughout the Ottoman-Russian Wars of 1828 and 1877-78, due Armenians’ cooperation with the enemy, as well as other major massacres Armenians committed on their own. During the early phases of these Russian invasions, aiming the realization of Russia’s historical ambitions, some Armenians who knew the region very well as Ottoman citizens and whose second language was Turkish, led the Russian forces into Turkish territories, causing them to raid Turkish forces and massacre many Muslims. Armenians have repeated similar practices in the VAN MASSACRE.

[@roses.4684]

@@gaybana2000 Genocide denier

[@georgegazaryan7358]

@@gaybana2000 Shame on you spreading your propaganda, I looked up what you are saying and it was nothing like the armenian genocide how can you live with yourself comparing these 2 horrific things with each other. Nothing Turks will say will justify the genocide on 1.5 milion armenians greeks and assyrians. If you were in front off me I would spit on you and your family for lying to you for all your life.

[@andresgegalian5759]

My great grand father Khachadour Khazandjian was from Sivas too. He survived the desert marchs assisted by Beduins. He was 15 yo when he saw his parents and people around him vanished of hunger and thirst. He managed to come to South America where he seeded in Argentina and Venezuela his family. I had the chance to meet him and be blessed with armenian blood in my veins. Thanks Lucine for being brave enough to stand there and tell your grandma story.

[@nadind9169]

Azeri here show support to all nations. We should make dolma, not war and live in harmony finally.

[@suren2313]

Nappi Nappi thanks

[@KayaneGavrilof]

@Aab V what's wrong with you ?

[@user-fg5gs8wg6h]

@@KayaneGavrilof everyyhing

[@3danimation301]

Not "Azeri".They are Azerbijian Turks.

[@slkdfjklasasdfasdf]

Amen dude - thanks for showing compassion and understanding

[@justahumanbeing18]

Thank you!

[@oz3922]

I’m a 3rd generation survivor also but I’m a Turk. I wonder who killed my great grandmother. But it doesn’t matter because she was a Turk and Muslim right!

[@caligulathemademperor3457]

Nazis looking for sympathy. So funny. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@0514deanna]

I am Armenian and your story important too. Not for a second I think that just because your are Turk or Muslim your pain is less. ❤️

[@thatcherleblanc9980]

Her death matters, but the Armenians are talked of more because they were killed for being Armenian.

[@oz3922]

@@thatcherleblanc9980 where is the logic for that? Are you saying Turks waited for about 1000 years to Kill Armenians? Obviously Armenian thought that The Turks were weak and with the help of west and Russians they could carve a piece of land for themselves.

[@suntzu2812]

@@caligulathemademperor3457 Who said anything about sympathy? The truth is the truth, she pointed out the propaganda.

[@manuelodabashian]

They have no problems condemning the Germans and Japanese so why do they have problems here?

[@ivan00001983]

Because Turkey is important geopolitically, it is near Russia - ideal for missile bases and at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. It is large and industrialized hence they want it as ally although it has a plethora of immoral hiddeous atrocities troughout it's history.

[@johnnysomething153]

Ivan54321 AND they have the fifth largest military in the world...

[@sadcapyyoutube]

@@johnnysomething153 9th

[@user-ze6wv4ye8h]

Because Islam is being used by the globalists to created chaos. They want to keep Islam in the picture so they can use it in future.

[@TopKekMadLad]

At least germans don't deny it. Nor did japan ever make it illegal to talk about it.

[@hyemazda]

Your story made me very emotional and I thank you for having the courage to tell the story. My grandparents were also Armenian Genocide survivors. I join you as a descendant of an Armenian Genocide survivors. Thank you!

[@xoxopuppies12xoxo]

I wish the world could acknowledge what happened so we as Armenians could heal and move forward. As long as people deny our pain it will never heal.

[@termit1298]

What pain?

[@presidentkasar]

Just move on. There is nothing holding you! Promote peace and positivity!

[@Aussder]

You just want money from Turkish goverment lol. Poor liars. Nobody loves you and your country in middle east. This is why you poor NOBODY LIKES YOU!

[@vivekanand3551]

@@Aussder people like you are threat to humanity

[@sourweed9818]

Her fake cryings make me proud with my grandparents. Good jod grandpa. 😃

[@WWTormentor]

I am a third generation survivor. My grandparents ended up in Iran after the genocide. We ended up migrating to the US in 1979 after the Islamic revolution in Iran. Unfortunately my grand fathers past before I was born and my maternal grandmother passed when I was four. My paternal grandmother decided to move back to Armenia, when I was 6 years old, where she peacefully passed away at age of 103. However I never got the opportunity to talk to them regarding the genocide. My regret is that that story has been lost in the sands of time but their memory remains. I am told that I am a spitting image of my paternal grandfather. I enjoy hearing these stories because it helps me to better understand my grandparents and be able to recreate their own story that they were unable to tell. May god bless you and your family.

[@optimisticguy3605]

We, Indians can understand what you had gone through, we also had gone through so many incidents like this at the time of Independence 1947 😭😭😭

[@HopefulInterventions]

🙏😞

[@saymyname10]

judging by the pajet population it's actually made

[@green_hedger_68]

@@saymyname10 Chuslim detection Opinion Rejected.

[@peacedances]

Thank your telling your family's story. God bless you and all people who suffer. Love, Hope

[@saas52948]

which god ? imagine believing in a god

[@betterliv8732]

@@saas52948 imagine not believing God and facing him on judgement day

[@ghost2130Main]

@@saas52948 which armeanian genocide. imagine believing in armenian genocide and not allah or jesus or even budha who cares

[@Whoareyou2024]

I have some respect for both they are people who don't believe in God and few believe in God. Don't try to force others into your beliefs he or she are following.

[@rightleft8017]

I am not Armenian. But I feel a connection with Hayastan. I attended the commemoration of the Armenian Genocide with the local Armenian Community. Armenians are a strong and resilient people. I will be giving a 7 minute speech on the genocide for my class, to spread awareness. Artsakh is Armenian Long live Hayastan from a Hispanic

[@emilyghahramanians9434]

You don't have to say hayastan its Armenia but you can say that too though

[@toshakdimi]

Love you bro. I lived in los angelos my whole life and have many hispanic friends. A hispanic fighting for armenian genocide. Love you bro.

[@avorexlemon1751]

I respect you bro thank you for spreading awareness I am armenian and my great grandparents are stil alive and they tell me story’s about how there parents survived the Armenian genocide

[@tanerkurt0133]

ThyGreeeek...However, you deceive yourself with these lies :)))

[@gioulizarkazarian6353]

@Yh I’m Pakistani Yh I’m Pakistani Hey, pakistani, how could unarmed children and women massacare the turkish armed forces? Have a little shame. Even Turkish some decent writers tell stories of horrors the turkish army committed over Armenians.

[@sarkisianelin]

Thank you for telling this story!

[@sebastianminney4696]

Thank you for sharing your family story I couldn't imagine what they went threw stay strong and may there memory live on.

[@chery.8141]

Thank you. From another 3rd. 🌸

[@nawalb2830]

This is what happened to algeria....the french killed one and a half million algerians it's very sad

[@MariiiaPuder]

Đəßţîñəßîå there is 1 difference, it is really happened in Algeria.

[@amirataibi8174]

But France acknowledged the genocide

[@jzle07]

@@amirataibi8174we didnt do a genocide. if we look we are like a brother with armenians. But russia is lied to armenians. and they started to kill civil people.

[@_.-jen-._]

Maria Puder the armenian genocide is a fact you moron

[@milliyetci5672]

@@_.-jen-._ stop believing fairy tale....

[@oktagram789]

Thank you for sharing ❤

[@antlerup]

Thank you for educating all with hard facts and the true history. Well done.

[@GorditoVii]

My father's grandfather were a Greek's genocide survivor and I'm aware of stories like that...Only Greeks,Armenians and Assyrians could understand you by speaking about that stories....Thnx for sharing this story with us..We have to be proud for our ancestors...!!!God bless you my lady

[@cagrsengul5701]

You are the ones who killed civillians, you are the ones who burned izmir as you flee . How come you accuse us with genocide

[@talhaboyraz]

So , you mean that your fathers grandfather was a great swimmer?since passing all the egea sea, possibly very difficult

[@dancemonkey118]

Who burned izmir and killed many civil Turkish? Why do you always think you are so innocent? That's make me crazy.

[@robertlind1511]

God bless you guys. I wish nothing but peace, love and happiness for Armenia. Stand strong.

[@JN-wr9he]

They were the murderers if turks then, and then later again. Crocodile tears and pure gaslighting.

[@douglasgilb186]

My grandmother related these horrific atrocities to me. She witnessed them first hand, having witnessed her brothers slaughtered by the Turks. Ironically she was saved by a Turkish woman. The woman branded her with tattoos on her hands identifying her as Muslim. Eventually in the diaspora making her way to France and the the U.S.. Man's inhumanity to man continues to this day, we must never forget.

[@ruthgallagher9584]

Forgiveness helps everyone.

[@hrachuhisarkisyan4878]

​​@@ruthgallagher9584asking for forgiveness would help too. Unfortunately Armenians have not been apologised to. Moreover the same barbarism continues today and another ethnic cleansing and massacres happened just last month.

[@ruthgallagher9584]

@@hrachuhisarkisyan4878 The ANCA is a great organization. I sent a letter to my congressman on this.

[@user-qx3mq7ff5c]

​@@hrachuhisarkisyan4878 do you think Betraying your country and neighbours is Normal ? Minor asia is full of mass turkish graves not armenian your ancestor tried to established a country and failed ... Of course there were innocents we had so many armenian soldiers doctors in the army It was your country but most of you betrayed ... what goes around comes around

[@stmc32]

Thank you of sharing Lucine, you did a wonderful job!

[@charitykenny6337]

Incredible! Thank you for sharing.

[@tugbaguler5604]

Full of bullshit. How dramatic

[@cutiepie4041]

Great White Are you back? You freakin nightmare. Get lost, you nasty Turk.

[@jzpatelut]

F....ALLLLLLLSS TURKS...!!!!! jzpatelut...

[@jzpatelut]

f..........alllllllllllllllllll You turks.....jzpatelut...

[@berrykars]

@@cutiepie4041 Please don't cry armenian.

[@Cam-ye5qg]

Such an incredible presentation, very moving!! Someday the whole world will recognize it, it’ll only take a few more decades probably

[@katemiller1855]

Incredible story. It is always a shock to learn what human beings are capable of doing to each other. Although I was aware of this horrific period in history, this story brings it to life. It makes it personal. Thank you.

[@JN-wr9he]

Watch ‘The Endless Corridor’, it’s a documentary film

[@elmerfudd8680]

Thank you very much for sharing your great grandmother’s experiences with us! We need to make sure that the Armenian Genocide is taught in primary & secondary schools from now on. I only learned about it when I attended college.

[@Easaya]

Lucine, you did a terrific job of describing the pain and anguish of your great grandmother in simply trying to survive the barbaric and inhumane treatment of Christian Armenians by the Ottoman Turks. I am proud of you , as I know your dad and grandmother Helen are, and know your grandfather , Vartkis, is looking down at you with tears of joy. Thanks for doing this.

[@alperenbaser5595]

There is only barbarian here is you

[@jzle07]

we are Barbar? France killed millions of people in algeria : Britain was biggest colonist empire and we didnt do a genocide.

[@tanerkurt0133]

Armenian extremists have long been feeding the fabricated illusion of establishing a "Greater Armenia" from the Mediterranean Sea to the Caspian Sea. Inspired by the materialization of this mythical idea, they intermittently committed widespread bloodshed against the Turkic-Muslim population in different spots of this geography - particularly in the Caucasus and Anatolia. Likewise, Azerbaijan was no exception. Between March and April 1918 armed Armenian formations mercilessly killed tens of thousands of innocent civilians based on their ethnic and religious affiliations, destroyed hundreds of Azerbaijani towns and villages and ravaged numerous cultural monuments, mosques and cemeteries. In that period, only in Baku, extremist Armenian armed units murdered and tortured about 30,000 Azerbaijani civilians, including women, children and elderly. Mass graves found in Baku were full of corpses of Azerbaijani women with ears and noses cut off and bellies torn open. The city hospital where 2,000 people had sought shelter was burned as well. The brutality of the armed Armenian thugs was also reflected in the reports of foreign diplomats and military officials posted in the Caucasus.

[@tanerkurt0133]

Armenia's first Prime Minister Kacaznuni's Dashnaklarutyun Party confessed; '' Genocide claims are not realistic, '' he said. sheds light. Kaçaznuni made a self-criticism of the previous period in the Report and described the essence of Turkish-Armenian relations as a state of war between 1914-1922. Reports in Turkey, is doing Kachaznuni evaluation; 'Severe Armenian gangs and the administration of the TASNAK are guilty.' '

[@Idalych]

My heart aches for the Armenian people... forgotten tragedy, lost in our history.

[@TigranAbgarjan]

@@immcha5175 The brainwashed Turk has arrived.

[@a753951852]

Turkey and Turkish people should be ashamed of themselves.. They killed armenians and have the audacity to deny it.. Own it up, to start your own healing..

[@seda8853]

Miranda Elaine its not forgotten!!! As longer as we are alive we will remember and demande!!! And our generations will remener and demande !!!

[@seda8853]

Enes Bugra we have been thought that way your govenrment lyed to you they wont tell you the truth but those turks who can think who study and find out the truth they never deny 27 countries inclouding Russia France Germany .... recognized the Genocide as a historical fact and fact shoud not be drsscusrd!!!!

[@jzle07]

@@seda8853your and our media is having propoganda . you must go to erzurum and see real things.

[@BasedRanger]

Thank you for taking the time to so eloquently tell your family's story and give people like me the opportunity to be educated about the unfortunate realities of the Armenian Genocide.

[@unknownv1065]

Just saying one thing, this is subjective af. You dont know if its true or not. This is a subjective story with no actual documentation or proof. So bs

[@sedArt-ub9be]

@@unknownv1065 stop denying testimonies, there are overwhelming documents proof everywhere jut look at the maps before and after how armenia is

[@19BenZ57]

from PERSIA with Passion Viva Armenia Hayestan

[@Andrew_Tate_Personal]

BehrooZ Abshar thank you our Persian brother.

[@freemen3434]

death to Iran

[@titanium_armenia6177]

@@freemen3434 death to Turkey and Azerbaijan who is younger than coca cola

[@Lauren-fw8oc]

I am also a 3rd generation survivor my great grandma although I'm not sure how came here at the age of 8 and married my great grandfather at 8 years old. Thank you for sharing about the Genocide many people to this day are unaware of this tragedy

[@kvancatalan7318]

My grand parents are survivor of Armenian terorism (1918-1920) in Eastern Anatolia.

[@adlaykut]

GENOCİDE HASNT DONE... WAİT US SON OF A

[@FabulousLivingCoach]

Thank you for sharing your story, Lucine! My Great-Grandparents were from Sebastia in Greek, Sivas. I am Pontian Greek. They did the death marches for the Pontians too. So sad. Too sad. Lots of love to you! ❤️ Your Great-Grandma was so brave!

[@Xargers]

Sorry but Sivas is in Turkey, not Greece.

[@user-fg5gs8wg6h]

@SuliemanTheGreat if we start talking about what turkish did at Greeks UNTIL 1919, we will need an entire encyclopedia.

[@enesmalikcamldag8275]

I am From Madagascar. They did the death marches for the Madagascar people too by Ottoman Turkish. It’s soo sad 😩😭

[@user-fg5gs8wg6h]

@@enesmalikcamldag8275 how is Madagascar related with the Ottoman Empire?

[@user-fg5gs8wg6h]

@@enesmalikcamldag8275 so, you talk about lies, while you have told so many lies that you make Pinokio seem like an angel.

[@alexikilikian7959]

Thank you so much for sharing your family's story, Lucine! 🕆

[@alexikilikian7959]

@Aab V =👹

[@alexikilikian7959]

💖💙💛

[@XXDJOZXX]

Armenian government refused to open their archives related to this tragedy requested by Turkey? All Turkey asked was to have independent study to be done, and refused by Armenians? Something is really fishy with this genocide claims.

[@Ftmyersbeachlizard]

shadavoreh well said well done and your recounting of this history is unbelievably 'our story' through your story and so skillfully told. Eliz Kirisyan

[@ivan00001983]

It gets even more interesting, one very objective high-quality video about Armenian Genocide was demonitized, youtube's way of punishing certain videos, wonder why...

[@mobiuspaw494]

My heart is broken still.. When will our people have justice.

[@turkturkic7015]

MOBIUS PAW when Will Two miljons Kurds killed by Armenians have justice? When Will have Karabağ Turks have justice... When Will hundreds of thousands murdererd Turks in the Ottoman time have Justice Who where murderd by Armenians. Of you seek Justice without giving Justice you can wait very long time.

[@planetgrigoria5577]

Turk Turkic ourash eshek

[@k.ngaming7552]

@@turkturkic7015 ok 1-whe never killed 2 million kurd if whe did they hate us you know that ottoman payed money and promised land to kurds if they kill armenians 2-you know that morr than 90 percent in karabagh are sided with armenia and it belong to us and eastern turkey too it belong to us

[@k.ngaming7552]

@@turkturkic7015 how whe killed turks An empire with guns money generals ect horses motorized cars got killed by us is this a joke and dont tell me the russians helpd us if they helpd us they would gave us more lands and didnt conquere us

[@k.ngaming7552]

@@turkturkic7015 and whe wont forget the genocide even 1000years later Justice for armenia You killed innocent armenians but you will pay for what you did armenia will rise again just like he did many times before

[@mirankhacherian9469]

Thank you for raising awareness of the Armenian Genocide

[@tobiasherbs370]

@Yusuf Isa LOL the only evidence you have is "there wouldn't be any Armenians left if it was a genocide" you are so funny

[@tobiasherbs370]

@Yusuf Isa Armenia has no documements about genocide because it was happened in Ottoman Empire

[@GaymerMajor]

@Ani Mosinyan "History is Written by Victors" such a true quote in 1453 When Fatih Sultan Mehmed Conqured Istanbul The Ottoman Empire Didn't killed them nor Forced to be assimilated into Islam they were allowed to be prostecuted under their own religious laws and not held against Islamic ones Why Would They do that if they were a genocidal empire it's not like they ravaged the place took everything valuable and then eighter killed anyone who didn't bleive ot took the rest as slaves (Great Britland) When ww1 Started Armenian People joined forces with France and Russia to start an uprising within they attacked us together with french and russians but While Ottoman Empire Was Falling to it's knees Atatürk Kept the Turkish people From Their own extinction but as the quote suggests "History is Written by Victors"

[@eltn2610]

Omg.Armenians aren't innocent.We knows everything about dashnakcutyun.They killed a lot of people even in Turkistan.

[@markusbisma5015]

@@eltn2610 so the baby killed horribly in the story not inoccent too ?

[@lilianatchiblakian7656]

my great grandfather was a survivor of the armenian genocide and we have several books on it in my house one day in world history my teacher mentioned it and said he really knew nothing about it which is upsetting to see that not a lot of people know about the horrors that happened

[@lilianatchiblakian7656]

ND1R if i searched a little, my great grandfather fled from armenia to syria and later to the united states he watched family members, friends, and neighbors die. my ancestors were murdered and how does what the british and french do change from the fact that the turks killed my family and still won’t acknowledge that.

[@stantorren4400]

ND1R mate wtf is your problem?

[@berrykars]

HAHAAHAHAHAHAAHA

[@mahfi-iturki2090]

@@lilianatchiblakian7656 Well, The massacres committed by Armenians against Turks before 1915? Massacres and genocides against the Balkan Turks? 1.2 million Balkanian Turks had to leave their lands. Hundreds of thousands of Turks were killed in the Balkans. Thessaloniki Fire? Concentration camps where Bulgarians imprison Turks?

[@Mophead-vu9vz]

@@karakalama7317 Ok, so did Turkey, for "self defense" or not, partake in the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group, in this case the Armenian nation?

[@pavchoarmenio191]

🙏 Gracias 🙏

[@reginamaria7530]

Thank you for sharing 🙏🏻

[@abrahambenjamin6604]

Lucine that was a moving presentation !! Hats off to you !!! My family and me were tears hearing your Story !! This summer I will be taking my Family to your beautiful country to see the amazing Culture your Community Possess. God Bless You !!

[@cemasti4524]

Abraham. Give urself and ur family a favor Why don't u visit Turkey as well since u come very very close. Visit Turkey and u will realise if there is any substance in Armenian claims.

[@tanerkurt0133]

Do yourself a favor and examine the history objectively. Do not waste your time with such imaginary stories. They are afraid that the lies of Armenian history are full of lies, the year is 2020 and they still do not dare to open their own archives.

[@turalziyatkhanly5395]

Please read about Khojaly Genocide before your visit!

[@gevork2458]

@@cemasti4524 visit Turkey to see all the Armenian churches destroyed or turned into a mosque

[@gevork2458]

@@tanerkurt0133 The Armenian archives are open. Your archives are also open but God knows how you manipulated the archives by destroying what doesn't fit your narrative. Why are you here commenting on this video? Are you conflicted within yourself knowing what your people have done to the Armenians?

[@humblechild8914]

Vax tsavet tanem kur Jan! You kept me at the edge of my seat and I adore your relentless pursuit of keeping our ancestors’ voices heard

[@andreacook3066]

My great great-grandma made it to France too! This was in my great-grandma's side. I'm named Paris for a reason.

[@bruh._.1591]

@@turkishultranationalist ok little online edgy 13 year old nationalist

[@ss11kk]

@@turkishultranationalist no thanks

[@TheAtheist22]

Kudos for your courage 👏. And well done to Germamy, U.S.A and especially well done to France for acknowledging the Armenian genocide in 1915 by the Turks.

[@user-qx3mq7ff5c]

France ? France has the biggest genocide rate in History....

[@andreacook3066]

My great-Grandpa Frank Ohneasian told me what happened to his family, himself. He and his brother survived. Later they discovered that their sister was forced to marry a Turk. He last heard his mother tell him to run and escape and find his brother in town. He turned to see his family inside killed. I won't say how. I won't revealed what happened later on in my grandpa's life, but he luckily found happiness. He ended his life with great depression when he lose his own children from unfair illnesses.

[@emilyghahramanians9434]

I feel bad

[@cemalpehlivan8095]

Hi Andrea I said in my article above, we, the Turks, the events today in eastern Turkey in 1915 and who lost their lives in the event that we are sorry for all Ottoman citizens. We all died there. not only Armenian or Turkish, but Kurdish, Arab Circassian citizens died there. Why did the Ottoman state force its Armenian-origin citizens to the south, to the present-day Syria, for forced migration? I don’t want to give you a history lesson here and explaining the reasons for this forced migration. I do not want you to think that I am insensitive to the suffering of you and your family here. No reason is above human life. This is exactly why we Turks want, some Armenians want to create a garden of hatred for Turks around the world, Those Armenians have to respect and be sad who died in 1915 in the event, we want to those Armenians express sorry for all the Ottoman citizens, not only for Armenians citizens. Andrea, I want you and your family to visit Turkey. Turkey is the land where your family came from. Turkey depends on the country you're at with your family history. Take care of you.

[@cemasti4524]

Hi Andrea Finally I found you. I am the descendent of ur great grand Pa"s sister. She married to a Kurdish. We r happy here now. Everyone has another story. Some has Arab some Turkish Persian yezidi background but we don't care. We r all Turkish citizens now. I hope u doing well. Come visit ur family if u can

[@gioulizarkazarian6353]

Mi tnov chenq, mi halov enq, hargelis.

[@hansrodriguez8625]

Please share this with as many people as possible.I am heart broken to hear about this and if the world does not know the terrible pain, horror and massacre the Armenians faced , they need to recognize. and not let it just slip away like it did not ever happen. If we do not support them 1.5 million lives will be swept under the table, and those brave Armenians will never be known to exist.

[@anarobo1693]

It's so hard to Listin to but I know I must so sad what a world we live in

[@angelamartirosyan1224]

I started to cry when she started to mention the horses go over the babys

[@asakura5110]

Does it feel good to kill babies with the courage you get from Russia?

[@uncoverthetruth6171]

@@asakura5110 You're ignorance level is off the charts buddy, congrats. Russia doesn't help Armenia. Russian troops left during WWI and that's why the genocide happened in the first place. RUSSIA was the one who declared a cease-fire in 94' to stop Armenians taking over more land from Azerbaijan. And I don't know who you're kidding, because Armenians never killed innocent civilians, we're Christians, it's just not how we roll. There is absolutely no evidence for what you are saying.

[@asakura5110]

@@uncoverthetruth6171 afsfafsf lolll

[@asakura5110]

@@uncoverthetruth6171 im soilder in turkey-armenia border my poor buddy. you're watching on TV, im live. there are no Armenian soldiers, only Russians . instead of learning from history, you're people with a sense of revenge and hatred. Great pity

[@uncoverthetruth6171]

@@asakura5110 No one hated on you, YOU did. And I never said I was an Armenian, I just stand up for the truth. And ya, the truth is that Russia is on that boarder. But it's also the truth that Russians haven't crossed that boarder, and no "killing babies" happened. You're saying Armenians aren't on the boarder, Russians are, and then you're saying Russians are aiding Armenians into killing babies. If there are no Armenians there, how are they killing Turkish babies? And I did site history, I explained everything and how Russia is the reason Azerbaijan exists today. If you can disprove me by fact checking me, go ahead.

[@koolkitty108]

I know her! She was my middle school English teacher! What a great story :3

[@yarinbels7672]

tms i presume?

[@BenDover-ud7vs]

What a great lie ?

[@derpkyuu7987]

Also my teacher

[@legstitchedtigerftw2455]

yarinbels Truman middle school

[@blaqgamin5073]

this is so tragic 😥 and heart felt so many things I feel and want to say after listening to this but they did not win you survived the hardships and sacrifices our ancestors made was not in vain

[@juliaoleynick776]

Wow, my great great grandparents went from Sivas to Aintab and then France to America in the 20s as well. I’ve been trying to find out what happened, just using ancestry and online research to put the pieces of the puzzle together, so hearing this was very interesting and emotional for me.

[@abdalaez]

I hate the fact that because people don't know about this, any video about it has so little views. Breaks my heart.

[@dancemonkey118]

Armenians are not innocent too. They also killed many Azerbaijani children and Turkish citizens. Search, Hoxali, and Adana, Maraş,Erzurum murders by Armenian.

[@JN-wr9he]

Now watch the documentary ‘The endless corridor’ about the genocide committed by armenians in Khojaly and tell me if your heart breaks

[@nicky191]

Great talk, thank you

[@tapashdeb9445]

How come we never heard of this before.....only in the last few days we are hearing about it....I will definitely make sure that 10 more people know about it

[@livingisresting]

Thank you for sharing Lucine.

[@cornnose1842]

i may not be armenian but what happened to the armenians dosent sicken me any less

[@hv1398]

Great job Lucine!! I'm so proud of you

[@gioulizarkazarian6353]

Thank you Lucine for telling the truth.

[@armenpogosian4912]

Yusuf Isa you will be Punished if not in this life and the next life for sure for not recognizing the Armenian genocide

[@armenpogosian4912]

Yusuf Isa historians have prove that the Armenian genocide has happened as well as many countries around the globe agree and approve the genocide. But unfortunately since turkey is to chicken to admit the truth or should I say to turkey 🦃 we as Armenians will continue to fight until justice is served.

[@armenpogosian4912]

Yusuf Isa Turks and truth and never combine some friends I have who are Turkish are honest enough to admit the truth but clearly you’re definitely not one of them

[@armenpogosian4912]

Yusuf Isa I hope this wasn’t too truthful to hurt your feelings. 👍😂

[@delta606]

Your grandma's story reminds me of what my grandfather from Pontus told me about their genocide. The same methods were used to exterminate all Christian population of the area. We need to remind the people of the Armenian, Greek, Assyrian genocide in order to never ever repeat these mistakes again

[@serqu7647]

yeah man you gotta all remind armenian greek assyrian kurdish and alien genocides but you all gotta remain silent when time comes to speak about "hocalı" "Tripoliçe" "Cyprus" and much more... Because this is your two faced humanity I guess...

[@yagtabakas3304]

Why you dont talk twice face

[@JN-wr9he]

Now tell us about the genocides committed by armenians against turks and azeris, and by greeks against turks. Hypocrites.

[@lordmoe2288]

What about the Turks women, childrens and elderly people that was butchered in Van, Kars and any other region by Armenian rebels while the Turks youngmen sent to frontline of their country defending their land, facing their own death against the British allies? "No matter what you do, you can not convince brainwashed people, they are like walls. You can talk to them but they will not respond. But patience is a virtue. We will eventually prove (to the world what true) history is about" EY

[@gaybana2000]

On the 106th anniversary of the vicious slaughter of 22,900 innocent Muslims at the provincial center of the City of Van on April 21, 1915 by mutinous Armenian gangs (Hunchak, Dashnak and alike), We, The Turkish People around the world, would like to commemorate our martyrs with compassion and love, bowing down in front of their honorable, loving memory with respect. The VAN massacre originates from the mutinous attitude fanatical Armenian gangs acquaired in the depths of history. Similar massacres committed by Armenians were witnessed throughout the Ottoman-Russian Wars of 1828 and 1877-78, due Armenians’ cooperation with the enemy, as well as other major massacres Armenians committed on their own. During the early phases of these Russian invasions, aiming the realization of Russia’s historical ambitions, some Armenians who knew the region very well as Ottoman citizens and whose second language was Turkish, led the Russian forces into Turkish territories, causing them to raid Turkish forces and massacre many Muslims. Armenians have repeated similar practices in the VAN MASSACRE.

[@ericsarkis1229]

Lucine, My name is Eric, I met your father tonight by pure luck and am very greatful I had the opportunityto do so. he is a great man and I have nothing but respect for him. I am truly greatful he shared your story with me and I thank you for taking this step forward to tell your family, our Armenian family's story. Sincerely, Eric

[@xwmtassmib]

İ have questions about it, where is the documents about it proving this story, and how many of the people died of hunger and sickness? Thank you.

[@coldriches]

They don’t have any documents, but Turkey has open archives where you can read the real story

[@waduhek3988]

There are plenty of documents on the US embassy websites showing pictures as well as stories from the genocide,

[@waduhek3988]

@@coldriches ur a problem by existing

[@kiki_steez]

❤️❤️❤️

[@morganjones4613]

Thank you for sharing this story. I teach Genocide Studies to Grade 11 and 12 students, and we are currently finishing up our study of the Armenian Genocide. I will be sharing your family's story with my students today, as a part of reminding them that people resisted and survived, and that it is vital that we continue to listen, believe, and respect the stories of survivors.

[@ruthgallagher9584]

Thank you for teaching this generation about the horrors of genocide

[@chandy1979a]

I'm from India... We've a lesson in grade 11 English text of the stories of two armeniyan boys in America named " Summer on the beautiful White Horse "by William Saroyan I too teach my students about the Armeniyan massacre and genocide 😢 I've seen children with tears after the class😢cruelty towards our brothers and sisters😢let time cure their pain🙏

[@ardacalisir8715]

Armenian genocide never happened. False info. People think they lived through the time 😂 no one talks about how many armenians killed turks before they kicked them out 😂😂😂

[@aylincaprino]

Justin McCarthy Death and Exile: The Ethnic Cleansing of Ottoman Muslims, 1821-1922

[@armankamal332]

Please speak more and more about this genocide. People should know more about it. Turks must be punished.

[@lizm5991]

This is so sad and terrible!! I can’t imagine ana at only 11 years old going through all that! My heart ❤️ brakes and aches for her oh my..

[@dannyl3626]

I'm third generation Greek genocide survivor. Greeks and Armenians were massacred in 1922 in Constantinople and Minor Asia.

[@sametguren9576]

Seriously !

[@pennysmirlis5989]

@@sametguren9576 Αre you proud?

[@dancemonkey118]

Greek killed many Turkish in İzmir and in Girit island. Don't play innocent.

[@ogulcanozcan1147]

How about the innocent Turks you killled in Western Turkey after WW1?

[@dancemonkey118]

My friend's grandfather killed by greek in WW1

[@qwarrio8886]

There are many historians for both sides, but there is 1 thing they all agree at. That Russians promised land to Armenians if their population is higher than Turkish population at those lands.. Therefore the bloodshed began, while Turkey was at war with many countries who are trying to invade Turkish lands, Armenians that lived in those lands, that Turkish people called brothers for hundreds of years, started to attack and kill their neighbors / friends even block the paths of the Military and feed them poisoned bread. (There are countless documentaries about in how bad conditions the Turkish Military was at those times after the attacking Nations confiscated all the army's weapons. - There are many letters from those people that say all their bread finished and they have nothing more to eat, and how freezing it is) At that point, already weakened Turkish army who are at war with many nations, that doesnt even have anything to eat or wear to their feet at freezing cold, had to move the Armenian people to other places, either that, or the remaining Turkish people on those lands were going to get killed by Armenians and those lands were automatically going to get lost without even a fight. Moving Armenian population was the only choice and the hardest though, since there were nothing to eat and the weather conditions were harsh, many people died from both sides, it was never planned as a systematic kill, it was never meant to be that way, it was never the intention of Turkish people to start a fight against Armenians in the first place. All started with Armenians wanting more land to their own and if they had the population % more they were gonna get it so they started the killing. People believe these or not, ALL the Turkish Historical archives are open, even the Military Archives are open (which is quite Radical for a Country to open their Military Archives to all the World, in the whole world there is not more than a dozen countries that can do it proudly), Turkish Governments have been issuing an unbiased scientific/historical meeting for decades, and asking Armenians to open their Historical Archives to the World so there can be a conclusion at last. But to no help.. Armenians doesn't open their Archives, and even arrested many people who tried to get in, in the past. (Why show the Truth, while you can get a lot of money and land, by Political means and by begging to the World right?) If they have NOTHING to hide, open the pages of History and let's see what really happened. Not just do that, also if you are heavily supporting the Armenian cause, go to İstanbul and check the Historical and Military archives for yourselves for the truth. They are open to public and to anyone 7/24.

[@khadijadingsdag8841]

so many questions I have- 1) how number of victims grow exponentially (only 1 m couple of years ago), 2) how a 13 yo old escaped the place in the area she did not know and found armenian churches, 3) she could have left her own children with her 'horrible' husband and re-marry and leave to America (what about mother love?), 4) how she connected with her daughters in Turkey

[@doubtfuldoug2689]

Right! How did they get her address or know her name at the age of two?

[@bruh._.1591]

Wdym 1 million a couple of years ago? It’s always been 1.5 million

[@Mina-Diamandis]

My great grandmother shares the same story, she was abducted from the march and taken to the arabian desert where they gave her or "sold" her to nomadic tribes. we don't know much. maybe she was a part of that harem you spoke of

[@buttstallion6063]

Hehe keep telling your lies this makes me laugh

[@Mina-Diamandis]

@FBI-Exoticzz ignore this troll. don't give it attention its too pathetic

[@buttstallion6063]

@FBI-Exoticzz there was no genocide just some people have tried to be with Russia and gave information to them and let them in Turkey so turkish people stopped them in a nutshell that all but it sounds weird to me cuz I only know this side of coin. I know this cuz there is evidence and in turkey there is millions(76.000+) of Armenian people heck I count as a half this thing happend in 1915 there was no Turkey only ottoman empire turkey doesn't have to do anything with it I curious what did they say to you and I said I am laughing but actually I couldn't sleep cuz armenia wants half of my country and big amounts of money from every citizen tf cuz heyo it's not ottoman its turkey and I did not do bad things to my grandfather

[@buttstallion6063]

@FBI-Exoticzz yes I am Turkish my grandfather armeni. You are telling just your story but armenian government wants to have Azerbaijan and half of turkey.

[@buttstallion6063]

@FBI-Exoticzz oki

[@benhurrao8921]

Human sadism knows no bounds. Worse than this is the Turkish refusal to apologise

[@sertanakdeniz6514]

I think, problem is that you believe this lie.Who will apology to slander ?

[@MNAr-uj2bn]

Do you apologise to couse millions to die, by destabilising the whole region, coused one indipendence war, and destruction of 600 year ruling empire. And most importantly 500 years friendship and cooperation. Armenians without turks, are poor. Your grandparents wanted union, and wanted a christian one. Whilst you dont have brave turks to give you precious land. For me its just a bad political move coused suffuring of too many people not one. Armenians want turks to accept genocide. Turks already confirms the tragical events happened to both nations. But armenians are sooo innocent, just like serbs. Soooooo innocent.

[@sedArt-ub9be]

@@MNAr-uj2bn which country is the goat country and which on is the sheep yh use armenia as a scapegoat to justify evils. No one is saying armenians are holy people

[@annmakiawelli8838]

you did a great job . God bless you 😘😘😘

[@gioulizarkazarian6353]

Thank you, Ann. I would like to know are you Armenian or Georgian?

[@praisegod3768]

May God bless you, beautiful and courageous Armenian-American young woman!

[@mylovelyman2]

Please only respond if you have good knowledge on this area. Can anyone recommend a good starting book on this topic area.

[@muhammetaligunes3151]

it only happened if I told you. why armenia is not willing to open archives ? Why does it not allow impartial historians to examine it ? Think about that.

[@y.kaloian6324]

Don' t worry the Vatican openned their archives about the Armenian Genocide. Don't deny the undeniable.

[@gizsdairy8402]

@@y.kaloian6324 Vatikan is not related with so called armenian genocide. Genocide should take long time to eliminate certain race. But you know your armed gangs killed Turks anf Kurds in eastern anatolia. We have Ottoman and Russian archives and General Harbourd report this. What you got? Lies .. and grandma stories.

[@suheilkaspar8885]

My grandmother was also a survivor of the Armenian Genocide, while her family was slaughtered by Turkish troops.. She used to sit down and tell us of the countless horrors her weeping eyes had seen, and then she'd stop and say "I can't say anymore, it's too hard"! .. It's time the world acknowledged the Armenian Genocide, and held the terrorist state of Turkey accountable for its heinous crimes against humanity !

[@gaybana2000]

hearsay, forgeries, embellishments, or political propaganda materials

[@otgunz]

It was the Ottoman Empire, not Republic of Turkey which was founded AFTER the genocide and AGAINST THE OTTOMANS by REVOLTING TO THEM obviously your poor grandmother forgot to educate you about that part. TURKS AND KURDS OF TURKEY TODAY TOTALLY AGAINST THE GENOCIDE and NEVER LIKE TO CONDUCT SUCH A INHUMANE ACT AGAIN. But people like you will make Turkey never accept the genocide officaly as you are not anti genocide or after the genociders, you are against a country built with peaceful intentions even against the genociders.

[@aylincaprino]

Justin McCarthy Death and Exile: The Ethnic Cleansing of Ottoman Muslims, 1821-1922

[@hrachuhisarkisyan4878]

​​@@otgunzit's literally happening today too in Artsakh. And why exactly Enver Pasha who was convicted war criminal by the Turkish Court is still being glorified by the current government?

[@sylvanaokajian]

I am Armenian Canadian and I wanted to talk about this in my Ted Ed talk to

[@triangularcity]

sylvana Okajian , not again ,,another session of lies and fabrications

[@talhaboyraz]

Will you tell us another fairy tail?since i dont like that one

[@suren2313]

Aab V it’s not lies you piece of shut it is fact

[@naka5740]

x they were in their country

[@gioulizarkazarian6353]

@x LOL. Learn history.

[@brigittederoch]

omg I was not aware of this. No one ever mentioned to me what happened to Armenians and I have been running a language company for 27 years where we work with 51 languages. There is so much ugliness in the old earth. Thank you for sharing and I will take care of the armenian friend I have who is old now. Thank you so much for this.

[@buttstallion6063]

Please learn turkish side of it to

[@vartush]

My Dad’s family was from Sepastia. My grandma saw heartbreaking things too.

[@sultansimmer1871]

Sewas,Kurdistan

[@talosheeg]

Alvart Apoyan same with my great grandma. My grandma grew up in poverty in Der Eizorr after it. My father was from aintab and my mother from dikranagerd

[@marrysumpter3705]

Alvart apoyan is this true that armenian genoside happened?

[@MrStevezed]

@Son of Mountain not really but hey your people live there now, so i guess its yours, just like a part of syria. its yours :-/ apparently.........

[@AmandaIbraimovic]

Tears are coming down my face

[@AmandaIbraimovic]

@Aab V sure I will. Those are chocolate ice cream emojis, love :)

[@volkankiyici2760]

you should watch azeri genocide

[@KJH8964]

Why so many hates among Middle East nations? Muslin, Christian, Jewish all pray the same god. They should love each other.

[@margottomasik2108]

Great story and thank you. More people are going to learn about this horrific event since first American president will finally publicly acknowledge it was indeed a genocide.

[@karmensitta4536]

Beautiful💖this Nation however once burnt down rise from it's ashes over and over!standing tall and flying high...love you.

[@suren2313]

Karmen Sittama Tarina thank you

[@buttstallion6063]

No no no sweetie you are wrong I can clearly still see ashes

[@lusa2766]

Bravo Sister. Keep spreading the truth. Love you

[@meatandpotatoesofmyheart5703]

Saying lies about your people poor for you.

[@justice8404]

My outmost solidarity and respect to you from someone with roots from Kurdistan. Some of us committed the horrible mistake to participate in that genocide which really is a dark chapter in kurdish history, however, we have also suffered alot on the hands of the turks. So I feel your pain and I hope your wounds heal.

[@unknownperson4063]

Lmao is there even a kurdish history?

[@alexdayenian]

LOVE U LUCINE!! ASP 2017!!!!!

[@travelleryu]

RIP all the Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians murdered during this period.

[@keepmoving5141]

What a beauty

[@MA-if2jb]

Great presentation. My great grandparents saw their parents get murdered in from of them and grew up in orphanages. It’s sad that the Turks still deny this even happened

[@sedArt-ub9be]

@@kazmuz4586 armenian aren't just tashnaks you know ..... yes the tashnaks did horrible things to armenians as well

[@arasimonian2745]

where were Turks 1500 BCE when Armenians had a kingdom by lake Van. No area on the globe is so fascinating to present-day scholars as the Near East; fascinating because it was the cradle of some of the oldest of civilizations, many of which are now but little more than names to us. In ancient times this part of western Asia, mostly mountainous, with fertile uplands and valleys, was a scene of frequent bloody turmoil in one part and another, being overrun by foreign invaders. Nations, kingdoms rose and fell, sometimes through centuries of struggle. Throughout all this, the most persistent, and longest lived of these nations has been the Armenian.

[@Current-Thing]

lmao pathetic, atleast we dont build a whole nation on lies and fairytales GET REAL

[@danielkh7103]

which Turks you referring to? Turks in Turkey or Turkic nations in the Caucuses and central Asian region? If you want to say that there were no Azerbaijanis or Uzbeks before I can tell that these nations adopted pan Turkism whether by Ancient Albanian Caucasian and Udins in the case of the Caucuses and Turkism was born in central Asia and has always been there.

[@gaybana2000]

On the 106th anniversary of the vicious slaughter of 22,900 innocent Muslims at the provincial center of the City of Van on April 21, 1915 by mutinous Armenian gangs (Hunchak, Dashnak and alike), We, The Turkish People around the world, would like to commemorate our martyrs with compassion and love, bowing down in front of their honorable, loving memory with respect. The VAN massacre originates from the mutinous attitude fanatical Armenian gangs acquaired in the depths of history. Similar massacres committed by Armenians were witnessed throughout the Ottoman-Russian Wars of 1828 and 1877-78, due Armenians’ cooperation with the enemy, as well as other major massacres Armenians committed on their own. During the early phases of these Russian invasions, aiming the realization of Russia’s historical ambitions, some Armenians who knew the region very well as Ottoman citizens and whose second language was Turkish, led the Russian forces into Turkish territories, causing them to raid Turkish forces and massacre many Muslims. Armenians have repeated similar practices in the VAN MASSACRE.

[@delidumrul57]

Harbiden de kız aynı sivaslilara benziyor :)

[@Welche-Sosse-Abi]

KlarundWahr False lol

[@Welche-Sosse-Abi]

@TURKISH POWER 💙🤍💙🤍💙🤍

[@guesson43]

Everyone with the same perspective has gathered, everyone is encouraging each other. Anyone who picks up a microphone tells a dramatic story in a tearful voice at TedX. There may be many people who believe in her unconditionally. For more than 100 years, some people have persistently been making these claims. So, have you, who listen to this and believe this, ever asked yourselves this? "Is it possible that these things we are told are not true?" I am sure that the young lady speaking here is living a prosperous life. It is very important for them and their families to speak about the diaspora discourse in America and European countries. It's the only way they can sustain the life they've built there. "Divert the Armenians in Armenia with these, make them believe this... Don't let them try to come here and spoil our fun..." Now think about it. The Ottoman Empire is fighting on various fronts. And keep this in mind: Minorities of Ottoman citizens would never go to war. Those who went to war were always Turks... Because of the young men who went to war in the East, all cities, towns and villages were left with only old people, children and women. Russia, the ally of the British and the French, under the guidance of the British, deceived the Armenians living in the region and armed them. Armed Armenian gangs raised a "REBELLION" flag and set fire to the area. They started to commit massacres in cities, towns and villages. The figure mentioned by the young woman above also includes the Turks who were massacred. You don't know it, but the Ottoman Empire kept very strict records of how many minorities lived in each region. Ottoman archives, Russian archives and even British archives are open. Anyone who is curious can access this information. Let me get back to the topic. The Ottoman Empire had to transfer military forces from the battlefields to the region to suppress this rebellion in the east. After the rebellion was suppressed, in order to avoid a new problem in the middle of the war, it was decided to send the Armenian citizens living in the region (note, "living in the region") to the regions in the Ottoman territory where there was no war. Learn the concepts of RELOCATION and DEPORTATION well. During the relocation, some wealthy Armenians found ways to avoid their destination and fled. You are watching one of them's grandchildren now. I do not condemn them. Anyone in their place would have done the same. Just like rich Jews were able to find ways to survive during World War II. But not all Armenians were so lucky. The Ottomans were at war and the region they had to pass through was the Southeast region, which is claimed by Kurds and Jews today. Some of the Armenians lost their lives there under the attacks of Kurdish gangs. The troops tasked with taking the Armenians to their destination were insufficient to protect them against these attacks. Because their numbers were few. Some of the Armenians escaped during this chaos and spread throughout the region. Unfortunately, they live as Kurds today... I ask those of non-Armenian origin who read this comment: "What do you think a Western state would do if it experienced the similar BETRAYAL of the Ottoman Empire? Would it relocate them? Or would it do something else? Americans, French, British... Ask yourself this. What would your country do to those who stabbed you in the back in the middle of a war? Answer this question honestly. Also, never believe the Diaspora Armenians living in your country. They only thinks about their well-being, not everyone else's. Read books by Bernard Lewis. Not the Blue Book, the propaganda book written by British intelligence... Also, read whatever you can get your hands on. Don't immediately believe what you hear, watch or read. Inquire. Consider that what you are told may not be true. History is not what you are told, it is what they don't want you to know...

[@designsdoovers]

I became aware of the genocide when I found and met my birth father. His family was like your great great grandpa’s. I am like you a 3rd generation Armenian genocide survivor. Thank you for sharing Ana’s story.

[@thewolfinmoon6480]

İf Turkey committed the genocide, Armenians who live in Turkey wouldnt be speaking their main language

[@carmen_13]

@@thewolfinmoon6480 flawed logic.

[@antonralph3491]

269 thumbs down. Why?

[@rayanzelms9453]

You really don't know????Turkish people will never accept their mistakes...they're the ones disliking.

[@SI-go4rr]

This is sad. My husband’s grandfather was the only survivor from his family. All the family members were shot, but he managed to escape. He was 12 that time I believe. He escaped to North of Iraq, Zakho city with his aunt.

[@miafans6928]

Thank you for your courage, I am also a descendant of an Armenian genocide survivor. It pains me so much to hear these stories…

[@gaybana2000]

hearsay, forgeries, embellishments, or political propaganda materials

[@kursatdogan2842]

Hey, hope you see this comment. as a turkish person i am curious about the armenian people's opinion on this.. well say matter. Really would like to listen to the stories you hear from your elders and stuff. Please reply back if you see this, have a good one

[@centuryhousegames733]

I am an Armenian and i almost cryed 😨😱😢😭😓

[@centuryhousegames733]

@Aziz Yigido wow! Inform yourself! The Armenians had to have a turk last name so they wouldn't get slaughtered

[@goldenmemes51]

@@centuryhousegames733 I respect Armenians, never forget hindustan Indian goverment genocide against Sikh people in 1984 , Sikhs and Armenians are best friends in Califronia

[@midorired6072]

The Incredible Incognito , Your comment is the most idiotic comment I’ve ever seen. First of all, I’m not a defender of this genocide. You really don’t know what you are saying. Do you even know that there are a lot of kids living in Istanbul, the earthquake zone? Do you know there are 15 million people living there? Do you know how many people of other countries living in that zone? You probably don’t even know your recent history (If you are Armenian). Do you even know what is Hocali genocide? Do you know what Armenians did to Azerbaijani people? How would you respond if an Azerbaijani person say that to Armenian people? The fact that you don’t even know your recent history made me really sad. Go learn something. Think before you comment. Know what you say. Btw I am telling this again, I am not a genocide defender, my cousins are Armenian, I have a lot of Armenian people in my family.

[@berrykars]

Please don't cry armenian the fairy tale is not over yet .

[@operahouseofetudebloxburg]

@@midorired6072 do you know I don't care? Because I really don't.🤦like bro yes we know our history it's not our problem that Azerbaijan took our land and we're trying to get it back the're doing it to us now. YOUR REPLY IS IDIOTIC💀

[@berivangul6808]

My great gran had Armenian friends in her village and she would tell my mum stories of how the troops would come to the village and slaughter the Armenians and Kurds . Some hid well and there’s still people wiry Armenian decent where I’m from in Turkey. We’re Kurdish and majority of the Armenians in Turkey and back then spoke Kurdish . The language sounds really similar

[@TheDragonNight5]

Berivan Gul kurds killed armenians too

[@dancemonkey118]

Kurds came to the Armenian areas. East Turkey were belong to Armenian, not Kurds.

[@metycream3739]

@@dancemonkey118 at that time, whole areas were belong to Turks, now too

[@TR-ry3cn]

300-600 thousend Armenians died and 2,5 Mio. Turks died in Eastern Anatolia..

[@moseshamlett3887]

Your story does not fall upon deaf ears.