State of Denial: Turkey Spends Millions to Cover Up Armenian Genocide

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, what has Turkey done to disseminate the idea that the destruction of the Turkish Armenian community was not a genocide? What does Turkey gain by refusing to acknowledge its role in the killing of Armenians during World War I? What does it lose by insisting that this event was not a genocide, despite the fact that most historians believe the organized massacre of Armenians amounted to a genocide?

Why does Gregory Stanton, the president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, call genocide denial "the final stage of genocide?" Why does Elie Wiesel call genocide denial a "double killing?"

What impact does genocide denial have on the survivors of genocide and their descendants? Who else is affected when crimes of genocide are not acknowledged and remembered?

What are possible responses to genocide denial? Should genocide denial be against the law? Should it be considered a hate crime?