Ceremonies are being held around the world to remember the Armenians killed by Ottoman Turks in 1915.<br /><br /> World leaders, including the presidents of Russia, France and Serbia, gathered in the Armenian capital on Friday for the 100th anniversary of the massacres of up to 1.5 million people.<br /><br /> It is called a genocide by about two dozen countries and on Thursday the German President used the word, the first time it has been used officially in Berlin. <br /><br /> Pope Francis also recently referred to the deaths as genocide.<br /><br /> Turkey angrily rejects use of the term, insisting there was no organised campaign to wipe out Armenians. It says there were high death tolls on both sides.<br /><br /> The dignitaries who gathered at a memorial overlooking Yerevan placed flowers on a floral tribute. <br /><br /> The Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan told the ceremony: “We have to find a solution, before humanity once again breaks its promise that something like this should never happen again. <br /><br /> “The commemoration of the 100th ann