Editing Armenian genocide (section)

=== Turkey ===
{{See also|Armenian genocide denial}}
In the 1920s, [[Kurds in Turkey|Kurds]] and [[Alevis]] replaced Armenians as the perceived [[internal enemy]] of the Turkish state. [[Militarism#Turkey|Militarism]], weak [[rule of law]], lack of [[minority rights]], and especially the [[Sèvres Syndrome|belief that Turkey is constantly under threat]]—thus justifying [[state violence]]—are among the main legacies of the genocide in Turkey.{{sfn|Nichanian|2015|pp=263–264}} In postwar Turkey, the perpetrators of the genocide were hailed as martyrs of the national cause.{{sfn|Nichanian|2015|p=242}} Turkey's official denial of the Armenian genocide continues to rely on the CUP's [[genocide justification|justification]] of its actions. The Turkish government maintains that the mass deportation of Armenians was a legitimate action to combat an existential threat to the empire, but that there was no intention to exterminate the Armenian people.{{sfn|Suny|2015|pp=xii, 361}}{{sfn|Akçam|2012|pp=xi, 451}} The government's position is supported by the majority of Turkish citizens.{{sfn|Göçek|2015|p=1}} Many Kurds, who themselves have suffered political repression in Turkey, [[Kurdish recognition of the Armenian genocide|have recognized and condemned the genocide]].{{sfn|Cheterian|2015|pp=273–275}}{{sfn|Galip|2020|pp=162–163}}

The Turkish state perceives open discussion of the genocide as a threat to national security because of its connection with the foundation of the republic, and for decades strictly [[Censorship in Turkey|censored]] it.{{sfn|Akçam|Kurt|2015|pp=3–4}}{{sfn|Galip|2020|p=3}} In 2002, the [[AK Party]] came to power and relaxed censorship to a certain extent, and the profile of the issue was raised by the 2007 [[Assassination of Hrant Dink|assassination]] of [[Hrant Dink]], a Turkish-Armenian journalist known for his advocacy of reconciliation.{{sfn|Galip|2020|pp=3–4}} Although the AK Party softened the state denial rhetoric, describing Armenians as part of the Ottoman Empire's war losses,{{sfn|Ben Aharon|2019|p=339}} during the 2010s political repression and censorship increased again.{{sfn|Galip|2020|pp=83–85}} Turkey's century-long effort to prevent any recognition or mention of the genocide in foreign countries has included millions of dollars in lobbying,{{sfn|Göçek|2015|p=2}} as well as intimidation and threats.{{sfn|Chorbajian|2016|p=178}}