US Armenian Genocide(01 of08)
Open Image ModalFILE - This is the scene in Turkey in 1915 when Armenians were marched long distances and said to have been massacred. The U.S. House of Representatives may vote next week on a measure that could damage U.S. relations with critical ally Turkey: a resolution declaring the World War I-era killings of Armenians a genocide. House aides, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment, said Friday Dec. 17, 2010 that Democratic leaders have been discussing a possible vote with lawmakers. (AP Photo, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
World War I, Armenian Genocide, Destruction of the Armenian population by Ottoman Turks. Illustration from French newspaper Le Petit Journal. December 12, 1915. Private Collection. (02 of08)
Open Image ModalWorld War I, Armenian Genocide, Destruction of the Armenian population by Ottoman Turks. Illustration from French newspaper Le Petit Journal. December 12, 1915. Private Collection. (credit:Leemage via Getty Images)
Mideast Turkey Israel Armenia(03 of08)
Open Image ModalFILE - This 1915 file photo, shows Armenian victims of the massacres in Turkey. The Nazi genocide of European Jews is widely commemorated in Israel and etched deeply into the psyche of a country founded in its aftermath. But when it comes to the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War I, which historians have called the \"first genocide of the 20th century,\" Israel has largely stayed silent. Fearing repercussions from its former ally Turkey and wary of breaking ranks with American policy, Israel has refrained from calling the mass killings a genocide. (AP Photo, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
LEBANON-ARMENIAN-GENOCIDE-ANNIVERSARY(04 of08)
Open Image ModalVisitors look at the skeletal remains of more than one hundred and fifty Armenians killed during their exodus from persecutions by the Ottoman government in 1915 which are displayed at the Saint Stephanos chapel in the Armenian Orthodox Archdiocese in Antelias, north of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on April 7, 2015. The chapel, which holds the remains, has undergone renovation ahead of the 100th anniversary of the 1915 mass killings of Armenians during World War I which Yerevan regards as genocide. Armenians say up to 1.5 million of their kin were killed between 1915 and 1917 as the Ottoman Empire was falling apart, and have long sought to win international recognition of the massacres as genocide, but Turkey rejects the claims, arguing that 300,000 to 500,000 Armenians and as many Turks died in civil strife when Armenians rose up against their Ottoman rulers and sided with invading Russian troops. AFP PHOTO / JOSEPH EID (Photo credit should read JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JOSEPH EID via Getty Images)
LEBANON-ARMENIAN-GENOCIDE-ANNIVERSARY(05 of08)
Open Image ModalThe skeletal remains of more than one hundred and fifty Armenians killed during their exodus from persecutions by the Ottoman government in 1915 are displayed at the Saint Stephanos chapel in the Armenian Orthodox Archdiocese in Antelias, north of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on April 7, 2015. The chapel, which holds the remains, has undergone renovation ahead of the 100th anniversary of the 1915 mass killings of Armenians during World War I which Yerevan regards as genocide. Armenians say up to 1.5 million of their kin were killed between 1915 and 1917 as the Ottoman Empire was falling apart, and have long sought to win international recognition of the massacres as genocide, but Turkey rejects the claims, arguing that 300,000 to 500,000 Armenians and as many Turks died in civil strife when Armenians rose up against their Ottoman rulers and sided with invading Russian troops. AFP PHOTO / JOSEPH EID (Photo credit should read JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JOSEPH EID via Getty Images)
1915, World War I, The massacre of the Armenian populations in Turkey, an encampment of Armenian refugees on the deck of a French cruiser that rescued them.(06 of08)
Open Image Modal1915, World War I, The massacre of the Armenian populations in Turkey, an encampment of Armenian refugees on the deck of a French cruiser that rescued them. (Photo by Photo12/UIG/Getty Images) (credit:Photo 12 via Getty Images)
Massacre In Turkey(07 of08)
Open Image Modalcirca 1915: The bodies of Armenian children who were massacred in Turkey during the First World War. (Photo by Armin T. Wegner/Getty Images) (credit:Armin T. Wegner via Getty Images)
Massacre(08 of08)
Open Image ModalThe bodies of Armenian children who were massacred in Turkey during the First World War. (Photo by Armin T Wegner/Getty Images) (credit:Armin T. Wegner via Getty Images)