It's no secret the entire Kardashian family are very proud of their Armenian roots, and Kim Kardashian took time out of her busy schedule and veered away from her usual Twitter activities (posting scantily clad photos of herself) to send a serious message to her nearly 14.5 million followers:
Today lets all stand together & remember the 1.5 million people who were massacred in the Armenian Genocide. April 24th, 1915. #Neverforget
— Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) April 24, 2012
It's rare that Kim posts about such serious topics, but today marks the 97th anniversary of the mass murder of the Armenian people at the hands of the Ottoman Turks. It's a controversial issue to this day, as the Turkish government has never acknowledged the genocide took place, and sees the allegations of genocide as a threat to its national honor. Its denial continues to strain its relationships with other countries and is just one of the reasons Turkey's...
Today lets all stand together & remember the 1.5 million people who were massacred in the Armenian Genocide. April 24th, 1915. #Neverforget
— Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) April 24, 2012
It's rare that Kim posts about such serious topics, but today marks the 97th anniversary of the mass murder of the Armenian people at the hands of the Ottoman Turks. It's a controversial issue to this day, as the Turkish government has never acknowledged the genocide took place, and sees the allegations of genocide as a threat to its national honor. Its denial continues to strain its relationships with other countries and is just one of the reasons Turkey's...
- 4/24/2012
- by Stephanie Marcus
- Huffington Post
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