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Mount Ararat is Armenian and belongs to Armenia, there is not doubt about it.
Why am I raising this issue now? First because i always wanted to do this, second because of something i saw online few days ago, pushed me to write this post.

I will not go into the details of the Armenian-Turkish historical conflict, because most of you, are aware of it and for those who are not, Google can tell you a lot about it.
I was raised in an Armenian family, where i do remember from day 1 about that Mount Ararat is a symbol for all Armenians that marks the pride of the land of our ancestors.

But seeing online that people are visiting and climbing it then having a certificate saying that they have successfully reached the summit of Mount Ararat at 5137 meters, the highest mountain of Turkey, this is really a shame for Turkey who violated and is still violating Armenian lands for centuries now.

I am not sure what I can do on the personal level about it, therefore all comments and ideas are welcomed.

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The Armenian Genocide also known as the Armenian Holocaust – refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction (genocide) of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War.

The starting date of the genocide is conventionally held to be April 24, 1915, the day that Ottoman authorities arrested some 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople. Thereafter, the Ottoman military uprooted Armenians from their homes and forced them to march for hundreds of miles, depriving them of food and water, to the desert of what is now Syria. Massacres were indiscriminate of age or gender, with rape and other sexual abuse commonplace.

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Tsitsernakaberd is a memorial dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide; it is located on a hill overlooking Yerevan, Armenia. Every year on April 24, hundreds of thousands of Armenians gather here to remember the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.

Genocide Museum Official Website

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The Armenian diaspora is a term used to describe the communities of Armenians living outside of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. Of the total Armenian population living worldwide (in 2004 estimated to be 9,000,000), only about 3,000,000 live in Armenia and about 130,000 in Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Armenian diaspora population is estimated to be 8,000,000. (click here to see a chart of population breakdown by country).

The below map gives a clear idea that Armenians are almost all over the world, and I am proud being one of them.

Armenian Diaspora Map
Armenian Diaspora Map - Clickable