This article examines selected armed violence activities, namelyArmenian rebellions and terrorism and PKK terrorism, directed against Turkeyand Turks. The 1915 Armenian incidents were not a simple, single event where“Ottoman Muslims massacred innocent Armenians,” but were part of asequence of a complex process. One must not forget the root cause of thetragic events: the Armenian national ideology, which aimed to establish agreater Armenia in parts of Ottoman territory. Armenian rebellions of 1915negatively affected the entire Ottoman population. Between 1975-1984,Armenians and pro-Armenians used terrorism as a method of publicity, to drawthe attention of world public opinion to their Armenian genocide claims. Twentyseven attacks on Turkish diplomats worldwide, with 31 killed, did not preventtheir campaign for publicity and the captured suspects did not face any seriousprosecution. So long as the international community hesitates on activeinternational co-operation and solidarity against terrorism, global and regionalsecurity environments will likely continue to deteriorate