 The PKK leadership has recognized the Armenian Genocide and apologized for Kurdish involvement.There have also been seminars held by Armenian and Kurdish groups to discuss both the genocide and Turkey.The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) was a Marxist–Leninist organization whose primary objective was "to compel the Turkish Government to acknowledge publicly its alleged responsibility for the deaths of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915, pay reparations, and cede territory for an Armenian homeland".