Armenian Genocide Timeline

Young Turks come into power in Constantinople.

Turkey enters the war on Germany's side.

Ottoman Central Committee discusses eliminating the Armenian people in their entirety.

Talaat Pasha orders arrest of more than 200 Armenian intellectuals in Constantinople. 'Beginning' of Armenian genocide.

Troups in Salonica march on Constantinople. Sultan capitulates.

Turkey signs armistice with the Allies, Ottoman Empire falls.

Young Turks overthrow Sultan Abdul Hamid

Resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide as a genocide passed.

World War 1

Balkan Wars