In this episode of Justice Atlas, we will be talking about the concept of apology together with educationist Aylin Vartanyan and historian Talin Suciyan. We are discussing to what extent and under what conditions the injustices inflicted can be compensated by making apologies, in the context of genocidal crimes. In this podcast episode, where we focus not on official or individual apologies, but on collective ones, the opportunities for collective mourning in the field of art and the "I apologize to the Armenians" campaign in 2008 will be discussed. 
 
The episode opens with the actor Taner Birsel reading the text titled “What should an apology do?” by Aaron Lazare, professor of psychology. The discussion will seek to find answers to the following questions : 
 
What does it take to make an apology meaningful? What do the origins of the words chosen to apologize imply? Can genocide be considered an apologetic crime? What does an official apology made by the state mean without community support behind it? Can collective apologies create an encounter between the descendants of the victims and the perpetrators? Did the campaign “I apologise to the Armenians” render such an encounter possible? What kind of responsibility do the descendants of the perpetrators carry in terms of 1915 Armenian Genocide?