They were the ones who used to live in the east among their Turkish neighbours in peace.
The were the people who were called Millet-i Sadýka (people to be relied on ) that their Turkish neighbours could rely on them and leave their goods to them when they were even in Mekkah (Mekke) to become pilgrims.
Then one day (during the independence war), some whistled to their ears;"We´re about to divide the Empire into many parts,if you want to have lands for you,too come and join us".
These words;the proposals affected some of the armenians and they joined the enemies of the empire unexpectedly.
This trick of the enemies worked on very well on the armenians living there(some foresaw the coming future,didn´t want to be on the side of the deceived and left the lands soon before the conflict began.
The rest took part on the side of the enemies and then they attacked the Turkish villagers;the Turkish villagers tried to defend themselves but the deceived neighbours of them until that time,now they were together with the other enemies;using their weapons and attacking afterwards,without thinking of men,women and babies-the babies.
It was not a genocide.There happened a war in that region just because of the deceived groups who were directed by the others.
Well...years passed after the independence war.Still,there are the ones living in Turkey using their own names or the Turkish names;businessmen,tailors,singers,actors...live in peace here.
When it comes to apologise,the side who has to apologize (if it is needed ) are the grandchildren of the deceived !An apology is not needed at the real,just their feeling shame of being the supporters of them is enough.