Why is the Armenian Genocide still widely unrecognised if it was committed by the Ottoman Empire and not current-day Turkey?

[This question has been asked before, almost verbatim] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5ppdwa/why_does_turkey_deny_the_armenian_genocide_so/), with an answer from /u/GekkostatesOfAmerica and follow-up from /u/Idontknowmuch .