Armenia Marks Genocide Anniversary, Slams Turkish Denial

Thousands of people march to the Armenian Genocide memorial in Yerevan. 29/4/2011 YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Hundreds of thousands of people silently marched to a hilltop memorial in the annual remembrance of some 1.5 million fellow Armenians slaughtered by Ottoman Turks. An incessant stream of people passed through the Tsitsernakabert Memorial to the Genocide victims throughout the day, laying flowers by its eternal fire surrounded by 12 inward-bending basalt columns.

Thousands of people march to the Armenian Genocide memorial in Yerevan. 29/4/2011 YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Hundreds of thousands of people silently marched to a hilltop memorial in the annual remembrance of some 1.5 million fellow Armenians slaughtered by Ottoman Turks. An incessant stream of people passed through the Tsitsernakabert Memorial to the Genocide victims throughout the day, laying flowers by its eternal fire surrounded by 12 inward-bending basalt columns.

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Armenia Marks Genocide Anniversary, Slams Turkish Denial

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