Who better to say if it fits the definition of Genocide?

Well, if the inventor of the word genocide says the Armenian case fits the bill, who can argue with him? Well stay tuned to see if the Turkish government somehow tries to argue, or if it just ignores this inconvenient find...

A 1949 CBS TV interview with Raphael Lemkin, the inventor of the term genocide was found. In it he quite clearly talks about the Armenian genocide, and footage of Turkish cavalry hunting down Armenian civilians. This quote is when he answers why the Ottoman Turkish government decided to wipe all the Armenians out (sarcastically):

"Well, the reason given was that they were friendly to the enemy of their rulers; that they were a fifth column; that they were spies. Every one of the 2 million of them…."

The sad thing of course is that you still hear some Turks repeat this very justification today, saying the Armenians deserved what they got, but then simultaneously arguing there was no genocide. Let the denials grow more convoluted...