Kim Kardashian has always been vocal about how proud she is of her Armenian heritage.
Now the 30-year-old socialite has expressed her anger after her image appeared on the front cover of Turkish Cosmopolitan in time for her homeland's annual Genocide Remembrance Day.
The day marks the systematic extermination of the Armenian population by Turkey during and following World War I, and Kim has spoken out about the horror in the past
The photograph appeared on the cover after Kim took part in an international photo shoot that went to various magazines published by Cosmopolitan.
She wears a burgundy strapless mini-dress and smiles as she poses for the camera.
Today Kim took to her blog to comment about the cover.
She said she had no idea that the image would be used as the cover shot.
'I just found out today that I am on the cover of Cosmopolitan Magazine in Turkey this month,' she wrote.
'Cosmopolitan Magazine has a number of international editions all around the world that run in various territories, and when I did this shoot for the international covers I had no idea that Turkey was planning to run my story on their cover THIS month, considering Genocide Remembrance Day is this month.
'My Armenian heritage means a lot to me and I’ve been brought up to be incredibly proud of my family’s background and culture so as an Armenian-American woman it is a huge honour for me to be on the first ever Armenian Cosmopolitan cover.'
The same image was used for the cover of the very first Armenian edition of Cosmopolitan back in March.
Sources told website TMZ that Cosmopolitan neglected to tell Kim's representation that the Turkish publication would be using the picture, and that there was no way Kim would have ever allowed it.
To make matters worse, the edition coincides with April 24, the date in which Armenians commemorate the genocide.
A source told E! News that Kim is upset but realises that it was just a slip up.
'She's upset about it obviously, but it was an honest mistake on the behalf of Cosmo,' the source said.
According to the insider, Kim, who has worked with the magazine on more than one occasion, usually gets full copy and picture approval.
'This one just slipped through the cracks,' they said. 'I can't imagine that they would have done this on purpose. Kim has a really great relationship with Cosmo.'
Kim's late father Robert Kardashian was a third generation Armenian-American and her great-grandparents immigrated to Los Angeles from the country.
Although only half-Armenian, Kim has said in the past that she was raised with a huge Armenian influence, 'always hearing Armenian stories, eating Armenian food and celebrating Armenian holidays.'
The Armenian Genocide is also known as the Armenian Holocaust, and by Armenians, as the Great Crime.
It refers to the obliteration of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I.
Now the 30-year-old socialite has expressed her anger after her image appeared on the front cover of Turkish Cosmopolitan in time for her homeland's annual Genocide Remembrance Day.
The day marks the systematic extermination of the Armenian population by Turkey during and following World War I, and Kim has spoken out about the horror in the past
Upset: Kim Kardashian has been left angry after her image landed on the front cover of Turkish Cosmopolitan
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Today Kim took to her blog to comment about the cover.
She said she had no idea that the image would be used as the cover shot.
'I just found out today that I am on the cover of Cosmopolitan Magazine in Turkey this month,' she wrote.
'Cosmopolitan Magazine has a number of international editions all around the world that run in various territories, and when I did this shoot for the international covers I had no idea that Turkey was planning to run my story on their cover THIS month, considering Genocide Remembrance Day is this month.
'My Armenian heritage means a lot to me and I’ve been brought up to be incredibly proud of my family’s background and culture so as an Armenian-American woman it is a huge honour for me to be on the first ever Armenian Cosmopolitan cover.'
The same image was used for the cover of the very first Armenian edition of Cosmopolitan back in March.
Sources told website TMZ that Cosmopolitan neglected to tell Kim's representation that the Turkish publication would be using the picture, and that there was no way Kim would have ever allowed it.
To make matters worse, the edition coincides with April 24, the date in which Armenians commemorate the genocide.
A source told E! News that Kim is upset but realises that it was just a slip up.
'She's upset about it obviously, but it was an honest mistake on the behalf of Cosmo,' the source said.
According to the insider, Kim, who has worked with the magazine on more than one occasion, usually gets full copy and picture approval.
De ja vu: The same image on the front of the Turkish Cosmo was also used for the cover of the very first Armenian edition of the magazine back in March.
'This one just slipped through the cracks,' they said. 'I can't imagine that they would have done this on purpose. Kim has a really great relationship with Cosmo.'
Kim's late father Robert Kardashian was a third generation Armenian-American and her great-grandparents immigrated to Los Angeles from the country.
Heritage: Kim's late father Robert Kardashian, pictured her with Kim, was a third generation Armenian-American
The Armenian Genocide is also known as the Armenian Holocaust, and by Armenians, as the Great Crime.
It refers to the obliteration of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I.
HISTORY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
The Ottoman Empire was once a powerful force throughout the world that was governed from Turkey.
Turkey was made up mainly of Muslims but the population of Armenia, which also formed part of the Ottoman Empire, were Christians.
The empire's rulers based in Turkey classed the minority Armenians as second class citizens.
More pressure on Armenians came when the empire's power began crumbling at the beginning of the 1900s.
Armenians began demanding more rights from the the Turkish rulers who refused to listen.
A series of massacres of the Armenians at the turn of the century were meant to dampen their spirit but their protests continued.
Further violence came when the Young Turks seized power of Turkey in 1909 and later joined forces with Germany and Austria-Hungary to fight in World War I.
They wanted a nationalist Turkish state and began advancing eastward to take control of Armenia whose territory was split between Russia and the Ottomans.
Under the cover of the war, from 1915 the Turkish rulers are said to have ordered Armenians from their homes under the disguise of a resettlement program.
Up to one and a half million were driven into the Syrian desert and murdered in the first genocide in history.
There has been an uneasy relationship between the two countries for more than a century.
Turkey was made up mainly of Muslims but the population of Armenia, which also formed part of the Ottoman Empire, were Christians.
The empire's rulers based in Turkey classed the minority Armenians as second class citizens.
Hurt: Armenian protesters in 2000 mark the 85th anniversary of the massacre by carrying a banner showing Turkish troops next to the body of Armenians
Armenians began demanding more rights from the the Turkish rulers who refused to listen.
A series of massacres of the Armenians at the turn of the century were meant to dampen their spirit but their protests continued.
Further violence came when the Young Turks seized power of Turkey in 1909 and later joined forces with Germany and Austria-Hungary to fight in World War I.
They wanted a nationalist Turkish state and began advancing eastward to take control of Armenia whose territory was split between Russia and the Ottomans.
Under the cover of the war, from 1915 the Turkish rulers are said to have ordered Armenians from their homes under the disguise of a resettlement program.
Up to one and a half million were driven into the Syrian desert and murdered in the first genocide in history.
There has been an uneasy relationship between the two countries for more than a century.
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