Iako priznaje da je na hiljade Armenaca odista stradalo u godinama izmaka Osmanske carevine, Turska tvrdi da je broj žrtava preuveličan i ta ubistva pripisuje burnim vremenima Prvog svjetskog rata.
While acknowledging that thousands of Armenians did indeed perish in the wane of the Ottoman empire, Turkey insists that the number of victims is exaggerated and attributes the killings to the turbulent times of World War I.