Armenia and Armenian communities worldwide commemorated the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on April 24. This genocide, perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire starting in 1915, resulted in the deaths of approximately 1.5 million Armenians. Hundreds of thousands of Armenians gathered at the Tsitsernakaberd memorial complex in Yerevan to lay flowers at the Eternal Flame, a tribute to the victims.
The Armenian Genocide involved the systematic extermination of Armenians within the Ottoman Empire. April 24 marks the day when Armenian intellectuals in Constantinople (now Istanbul) were arrested and killed in 1915 by Young Turk authorities, a date now symbolic for remembering the victims. Before World War I, around two million Armenians resided in the Ottoman Empire.
Between 1915 and 1923, approximately 1.5 million Armenians were killed through massacres, forced deportations, and starvation. While many countries and international organizations recognize the Armenian Genocide, Turkey continues to deny the accusations, maintaining that the deaths were casualties of World War I. The Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex in Yerevan stands as Armenia's official memorial dedicated to the victims.