Armenians have marked the centenary of the mass killing of their people at the hands of Ottoman Turkish forces in 1915.<br /><br /> Coming from all over the world they paid their respects at the memorial to the victims in the country’s capital Yerevan.<br /><br /> Earlier on Friday, a ceremony was attended by foreign leaders – notably the presidents of France and Russia. <br /><br /> Speaking at the ceremony Vladimir Putin said that Russia believed mass killings could not be excused under any circumstances, as they were party to a number of international laws, including the convention on genocide.<br /><br /> His remarks provoked an angry response from Turkey which rejects the term ‘genocide’ in reference to the killings.<br /><br /> Armenians living in Turkey gathered in Istanbul for a memorial march, carrying photos of those who lost their lives in 1915.<br /><br /> In a separate march in Istanbul, Turkish protesters denounced accusations of the mass killings of Armenians as genocide.<br /><br /> Many Western scholars categorise it as such as do 20 cou
