The Turkish government has refused to recognize the events of 1915–16 as genocide, claiming that the Armenian subjects of the Ottoman Empire were rebellious and needed pacifying during a national security crisis. Turkey has acknowledged that atrocities occurred but has denied that mass killings were initiated or directed by the Young Turks coalition ruling the Ottoman Empire at that time. Some other countries have also declined to call the events a genocide.
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