Armenian genocide remembered on Parliament Hill in Ottawa

Hundreds of people gathered on Parliament Hill in Ottawa to mark the anniversary of the April 24,1915 massacre of estimated 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottomans – now known as Turkey.

Armenian supporters gathered on the east lawn of Parliament Hill to demonstrate. Canada is one of 29 countries to recognize the events as genocide.

Turkish supporters, gathered on the west side of Parliament Hill to denounce the term genocide in reference to the events on 1915. 

Turkish supporters remember the assassination of Colonel Atilla Altikat, who was gunned down in Ottawa in 1982.