A closer examination shows that the “genocide” debate is merely a red herring.
![A woman lights a candle at the cathedral in Yerevan, ahead of the canonization ceremony for the Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide. [AFP]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/a35d618bd5f5418196949ebc3925d1bf_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Taner Akcam holds the Kaloosdian and Mugar Chair of Armenian Genocide Studies at Clark University.
A closer examination shows that the “genocide” debate is merely a red herring.
![A woman lights a candle at the cathedral in Yerevan, ahead of the canonization ceremony for the Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide. [AFP]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/a35d618bd5f5418196949ebc3925d1bf_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)