The article focuses on a demonstration carried out by thousands of people in southern California on April 24, 2015 to commemorate the centennial of the Armenian Genocide. It states that protestors called for the Turkish government to admit the wrong doings of their ancestors and the role they played in the deaths of approximately 1.5 million Armenians in 1915. It adds that the attitude of Turkey towards the issue of the Armenian Genocide has been described as defensive and defiant