Il sondaggio suggerisce che il 53,7% dei turchi riconosce il genocidio armeno in qualche forma – questo è un risultato positivo, suppongo

That was 10 years ago. Hopefully it’s trending for the better.

I hope the number goes even higher future years

Everybody knows that a wide-scale ethnic cleansing was committed. The houses of Armenians are still there, just repurposed. I personally know people IRL who have recently discovered that their great-grandparents had Armenian first names. But once you use the G-word, the entire topic derails into a “TURKEY STRONK” shouting match because it’s so politically loaded.

One reason why Turks and Armenians cannot find common ground is that victimhood is something Turks cannot relate to. In Turkish culture, it is a sign of weakness to admit that you are a victim. It’s something shameful. In their collective memory, Turks have never been in that position. The world is unfair, and nobody wants to hear why you’re so upset about things that happened to you in the past. This is why the Armenians’ century-long demands for recognition and apology can be simply dismissed as “begging” or “being sore losers”. Culturally and historically, facing such accusations puts them in a very awkward position. This is why I am not expecting any progress in this regard. A Willy Brandt-style kneeling at Tsitsernakaberd is very unlikely in the foreseeable future.

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