"I Apologize" (Turkish: Özür Diliyorum) is an online campaign launched in December 2008 in Turkey by numerous journalists, politicians, and professors, calling for a collective apology for the Armenian genocide, which the campaign calls "the Great Catastrophe that Ottoman Armenians were subjected to in 1915.
"[1] The campaign was launched by Prof. Ahmet İnsel, politician Baskın Oran, Dr. Cengiz Aktar, and journalist Ali Bayramoğlu.
[5][6] The campaign is conducted online; the message that visitors are invited to sign states:[1] My conscience does not accept the insensitivity showed to and the denial of the Great Catastrophe that the Ottoman Armenians were subjected to in 1915.
I reject this injustice and for my share, I empathize with the feelings and pain of my Armenian brothers.
[7] The website has been translated into many different languages including Arabic, Armenian, English, Greek, and Russian.