Recently, the Armenian Diaspora has been calling on Turkey to face-up to its past and recognize its historic crime. Turkey’s official line remains that the allegation is based on unfounded or exaggerated claims, and that the deaths that occurred resulted from combat against Armenians collaborating with invading Russian forces during the First World War, or as a result of disease and hunger during the forced deportations.
最近，亚美尼亚后裔要求土耳其正视历史并承认它所犯下的历史罪行。土耳其官方称这种说法毫无根据且过于夸张，死亡人数源于一战中反对亚美尼亚勾结入侵俄罗斯军队的战役，也可能是被迫驱逐过程中死于饥饿和疾病的人数。并且，当地土耳其人口据称也遭受了相同的创伤。