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[[Image:Armeniangenocide deadpeople.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Bodies of Armenians killed during the 1915 [[Armenian Genocide]].]]

'''Anti-Armenianism''' (also '''Anti-Armenism''' and '''Anti-Armenian sentiment''') is hostility toward or [[prejudice]] against [[Armenians| Armenian people]], [[Culture of Armenia|Armenian culture]] and the [[Armenia|Republic of Armenia]], which can range in expression from individual [[hatre(contracted; show full)r I]], the Ottoman government massacred up to 1.5 million Armenians in the [[Armenian Genocide]]<ref>[http://www.armenocide.am/  Armenian Genocide Institute].</ref>. The position of the current Turkish government is that the Armenians who died were casualties of the expected hardships of war, the casualties cited are exaggerated, and that there was no genocide.

[[Alparslan Türkeş]], a late Turkish politician considered by many to have [[fascist]] views<ref>[http://www.aihgs.com/kemal.htm
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said:

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Those that have torn down this nation are Greek, Armenian and Jew traitors, and Kurdish, Bosnian and Albanians…  How can you, as a Turk, tolerate these dirty minorities. Remove from within the Armenians and Kurds and all Turkish enemies.<ref name = "EPP-ED">[http://euromed.epp-ed.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=53&Itemid=216 EPP-ED Group: The Republic of Turkey]</ref>
</blockquote>

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== Anti-Armenianism in the United States ==
While prejudice against ethnic Armenians in the United States is not widespread, two notable cases do exist. In  April of 2007, [[Los Angeles Times]]' Managing Editor Douglas Frantz blocked a story on the [[Armenian Genocide]] written by Mark Arax, citing the fact Arax was of Armenian descent and therefore had a biased opinion on the subject. Arax, who has published similar articles before<ref name="Roderick">
[http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2007/04/armenian_genocide_dispute.php LA Observed: Armenian genocide dispute erupts at LAT<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> without issue, has lodged a discrimination complaint and threatened a federal lawsuit. Frantz, who did not cite any specific factual errors in the article, is accused of having a bias obtained while being stationed in [[Istanbul]], Turkey. According to Harut Sassounian, an Armenian Community Leader, Frantz has expressed support for denial of the Armenian Genocide and has stated he personally believed that Armenians rebelled against the Ottoman Empire, an argument commonly used to justify the killings.<ref name="Roderick"/>. Frantz resigned from the paper not long afterward, possibly due to the mounting requests for his dismissal.<ref>[http://www.anca.org/press_releases/press_releases.php?prid=1220 Genocide Controversy Leads L.A. Times Managing Editor To Resign<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Another incident that received less coverage was a series of [[hate mail]] campaigns directed at Paul Krekorian, a  city council candidate for [[California]]n [[Democratic]] Primary, making racist remarks and accusations that the Armenian Community was engaging in [[voter fraud]].<ref>[http://www.anca.org/press_releases/press_releases.php?prid=959 Armenian Community Condemns Anti-Armenian Attacks During California Democratic Primary Election<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

== Anti-Armenianism by individuals ==

For several months in [[1994]], Ahmet Coşar going by the alias of [[Serdar Argic]] posted thousands of messages, claiming that the Armenian Genocide didn't happen or that Armenians massacred Turks, on Usenet [[newsgroup]] threads mentioning the word Turkey. [[Samuel Weems]] published the book [[Armenia: The Secrets of a "Christian" Terrorist State]] in [[May]] of [[2002]]. Weems has made such claims as the "number one export of Armenia is terrorism" and that there was no Armenian Genocide.<ref name = "Tall Tale">[http://www.tallarmeniantale.com/interview-weems.htm#sw  Weems Interview], Tall Armenian Tale.</ref>  American historian [[Justin McCarthy (American historian)|Justin McCarthy]] is known for his controversial support of Turkey's denial of the Armenian Genocide.<ref>{{cite news | title=A PBS Documentary Makes Its Case for the Armenian Genocide, With or Without a Debate | publisher =[[The New York Times]] | url= http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/17/arts/television/17stan.html?ex=1302926400&en=42703f4960edef66&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss | date=April 17, 2006 | accessdate= 2006-09-02}}</ref> Azeri cartoonist ''Kerim Kerimov Mammadhan'' has produced around 4500<ref name="Kerim">[http://www.kerimkerimov.az/ Kerim Kerimov Official Web Page<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Anti-Armenian cartoons, most of which depict crude [[caricatures]] of Armenians. Common themes of his work include portraying Armenians as  giant [[serpent (symbolism)# Political propaganda|snakes]] <ref>http://www.kerimkerimov.az/pics/karikatures/karikatura2_10.jpg</ref>, terrorists <ref>http://www.kerimkerimov.az/pics/karikatures/karikatura2_74.jpg</ref>, racists, [[fascists]], and militarists bent on [[world domination]] <ref>http://www.kerimkerimov.az/pics/kari(contracted; show full)* [[White Genocide]]

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