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4/24 commemorates the deportation of Armenian intellectuals on 24 April 1915 from Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey). 235 to 270 Armenian intellectuals were arrested that day. Eventually 2,345 prominent Armenian leaders were detained. The event has been described by historians as a decapitation strike, which was intended to deprive the Armenian population of leadership and a chance for resistance. By Yerevantsi - Own work , CC BY-SA 4.0 These detainees were later relocated within the Ottoman Empire. Most of them ended up murdered by the government. This was just the beginning. Eventually 1.5 million Armenians were rounded up, men, women, children, and the elderly... ...and systematically murdered in forced death marches through the Syrian desert and in concentration camps. Headline of New York Times, December 15, 1915 Barack Obama Promised That When He Was President The US Would Finally Recognize What Happened As a Genocide. But he never kept his word. ...

A song from System of a Down on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day . Elimination Die Why walk down A whole race, genocide Taken away all of our pride A whole race, genocide Taken away Watch them all fall down Revolution The only solution The armed response Of an entire nation Revolution, the only solution We've taken all your shit Now it's time for restitution Recognition Restoration Reparation Recognition Restoration Reparation Watch them all fall down Revolution The only solution The armed response Of an entire nation Revolution The only solution We've taken all your shit Now it's time for restitution The plan was mastered And called genocide (Never want to See you around) Took all the children And then we died (Never want to See you around) The few that remained Were never found (Never want to See you around) All in a system of down Down, down, down Walk down Watch them all fall down Revolution The only solution ...