The Armenian Genocide (jan 1, 1890 – jan 1, 1925)

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The Armenian Genocide refers to the mass killing of approximately 1.5 million Armenians by the Turkish government between the 1890s and the 1920s. As the Ottoman Empire began to decline, the Three Pashas—a political movement aiming to create a more ethnically homogeneous Turkish state—aligned with Germany during World War I, opposing Russian forces. Armenians were accused of siding with Russia, leading the Turkish government to view them as a threat.

On April 24, 1915, hundreds of Armenians were arrested and executed under the pretext of being dangers to the state. Those who escaped execution often faced brutal conditions, leading to death through forced labor, starvation, or disease.

Prior to this genocide, there were already significant anti-Armenian sentiments, exemplified by events such as the Hamidian Massacres from 1894 to 1896 and the Adana Massacre in 1909, during which thousands of Armenians were killed or severely harmed. In 1908, the Young Turks, led by Ahmet Riza, gained power in the Ottoman Empire and viewed Armenians as disloyal, associating them with historical adversaries like Russia.

Consequently, Armenians suffered in numerous horrific ways, including mass executions, starvation, exhaustion, disease, enslavement, and sexual violence, as well as forced conversions to Islam.

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