LINKTV Deutsche Welle European Journal February 22, 2013
Jews, a greek orthodox, and armenian christians. The turkish government has made concessions to christian minorities, such as returning property confiscated a long time ago. Churches, for example. That has given armenians in turkey in fresh confidence boost, but their situation remains difficult. Ankara still refuses to recognize the genocide of armenians under ottoman rule 100 years ago. Officially, there are some 60,000 armenians in turkey, but the numbers could be rising. In some parts of turkey, descendants of armenians are now rediscovering their identity. Home to a population of more tha...