AdvertisementTurks And Armenians Prepare For Dueling Anniversaries On FridayApril 22, 2015Peter KenyonfacebookEmailArmenians lay flowers Tuesday at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan, Armenia. Armenians on Friday will commemorate 100 years since 1.5 million of their kin were killed by Ottoman forces. Armenians and many historians call it the first genocide of the 20th century, but Turkey fiercely rejects that label. (AFP/Getty Images)