article_snippet.sent: As Armenians mark 100 years since the atrocities, many Western countries still do not use that word, and US president Barack Obama is once again unlikely to do so in US president Barack Obama upcoming statement marking the anniversary despite pledging US president Barack Obama
article_snippet.sent: In light of such evidence Obama's reticence to use the word 'genocide', in a bid to placate America's Turkish allies, has disappointed many.
article_snippet.sent: Several US officials said there had been a sharp internal debate over whether to use the 100-year anniversary to call the killings 'genocide' and make good on the president's campaign promise, particularly after Pope Francis used the term earlier this month.
article_snippet.sent: Several European governments and parliaments are also expected to use the word in discussions of the events 100 years ago.
article_snippet.sent: Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish president, said at a press conference on Wednesday Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish president 'would not want Obama to use the word "genocide" and would not expect such a thing.'
article_snippet.sent: Obama continues to avoid using the word 'genocide' in connection with what happened to the Armenians at the hands of Ottoman Turks .
highlights_snippet.sent: As world marks 100 years since the atrocities many Western governments including the US still do not use the word .