>Top officials don't have to have knowledge of it or support it, condone it, or instigate it for it to be genocide.
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>Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group
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>it could be done by a large portion of the populace, the military, or splinter factions
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>If the question is whether or not genocide occurred, of course it did. If the question is whether or not the Turkish government should be held responsible for the deaths, then I agree with you. Only proof via documentation or eye witness reports could validate that.
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>Let's not forget that given that definition, The American government is responsible for the genocide of the Native Americans (but we all know that).
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What amazes me is that Turkey will not officially acknowledge what happened even 90 years after the fact. Talk about denial!