"What does Genocide Mean?
It may be said that there is no controversy over the fact that hundreds of thousands of Armenians died due to hunger, cold or attacks and a great tragedy occurred in the years 1915 and 1916 when the Ottoman government decided to deport its Armenian citizens during the First World War. The controversy focuses mainly on whether the deaths caused by 'deportation' can be called 'genocide.' The holders of a widespread view among the Armenian Diaspora define the tragedy as 'genocide' since the 1960s. Turkish Armenians call the tragedy 'Metvocir / The Great Catastrophe'. "
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