-The Ottoman government determines that the Armenian population is a wartime security threat to the empire. Vast numbers of Armenians are uprooted from Anatolia and forced to migrate into Syria. The migration becomes genocidal; as many as one million Armenians die or are killed along the way. (jan 1, 1915 – dec 31, 1916)
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Date:
jan 1, 1915
dec 31, 1916
~ 2 years