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Armenian Genocide1915-1922
What is Genocide?○ the deliberate, and systematic
destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group○ Webster’s Dictionary
The Roots of the Genocide○ Home in the Caucasus region of Eurasia for 3000 yr.
○ 4th century AD, Armenia was its an independent entity- but control of the region shifted from one empire to another
○ 5th century AD- Ottoman empire took rule
The Ottoman Empire○ Multi-Cultural & Multi-Racial (Muslim)
○ Greeks, Bulgarians, Armenians, & Jews○ Animosity exists between Turks &
Armenians○ They are different culturally, religiously,
linguistically, historically, and economically
○ More educated/wealthier than Turkish neighbors
1890- Ottoman Empire
○ Turkish Sultan Abdul Hamid II○ Reporter: I will soon settle those Armenians,
I will give them a box on the ear which will make them…relinquish their revolutionary ambitions.”
1908- Turkey
○ Government (Sultan) is overthrown by the “Committee for Union and Progress”○ The Young Turks
○ Liberal and Reform minded○ Establish a representative government○ A constitutional democracy○ “Turkify” the empire
Armenian Genocide Begins○ April 24, 1915
○Arrested & executed Armenian intellectuals
○Forced out of homes, “death marches”○“Killing Squads”/ kidnapped children
○ 1922- Ended○388,000 remaining in Ottoman Empire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSchiqWIB6g
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