| Historians have long used the term "genocide" to describe the murderous campaign against the Armenians in Turkey. Nearly the entire population of Armenians was executed, starved or forced into exile on the orders of the ruling Young Turk Party. Outside Turkey, there is little debate over the facts or the use of the word "genocide."
In Turkey, however, official history has long disputed the use of that term. As a result, American officials have used all sorts of others—"mass killing," "massacres," "atrocities," "annihilation"—but have stopped short of "genocide."
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