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The Historical Origins of the Turkish-Armenian Animosity

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Armenian History and the Question of Genocide

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During the 1970s and 1980s, Armenian terrorists assassinated 30 Turkish diplomats or members of their immediate families, including 4 in the United States. In addition more than 20 other Turks and non-Turks were killed, and over 300 other people around the world wounded because they happened to be in the terrorists’ line of fire.1

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Gunter, M.M. (2011). The Historical Origins of the Turkish-Armenian Animosity. In: Armenian History and the Question of Genocide. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230118874_1

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