Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day ( '' Mets Yegherrni zoheri hishataki or '' ; ) or Armenian Genocide Memorial Day is a public holiday in Armenia and the Republic of Artsakh and is observed by the Armenian diaspora on 24 April . It is held annually to commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 . It was a series massacres and starvations of 1.5 million Armenians by the Turks . In Yerevan , the capital of Armenia , hundreds of thousands of people walk to the Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial to lay flowers at the eternal flame
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day