The Armenian Genocide happened in 1915. Armenians lived in their historical homeland for more than 5000 years, had kingdoms, cities, churches and schools. In the 13-14 centuries the Turkish nomad tribes came to the region, invaded the country of Armenians. Later they created the Ottoman Empire, a part of which was Western Armenia. Armenians were the intellectual Elite of the country, they were the richest shopowners, they were poets, politicians, doctors. Armenians were rich and what is more important they were CHRISTIAN, while Turks were Muslim. And there was the "Armenian Problem", where European countries exacted benefits from Turkey by trading on the problems of the Armenian community. This made the Armenians an effective scapegoat to "show" how the European Nations always made Turkey to do their bidding. Thus, the Best explanation is that Taliat Pasha (one of the organizers) gave : If there is no Armenian, there is no Armenian Problem". Armenians as rightful owners of the land were a great threat for Turkish Tyrants.
To 'ethnically cleanse' the territory off people of foreign ethnicity.
Armenians
It ended in 1917, but there were further massacres of Armenians by the Turks in 1922.
They were the people of the ottoman empire. but did you know that there are people who are from Armenia. I mean like isn't that crazy. anyways the young turks were the people who carried out the Armenian genocide.
There were Kurdish militias that assisted the Young Turks in hunting down and butchering Armenians. Unlike the Turkish government, Kurdish leaders in subsequent decades have admitted their role in the genocide and requested forgiveness for their crime.
There was certainly what has been termed "genocidal rape" in the Armenian Genocide as well as forced prostitution and sexual enslavement. Please see the Wikipedia Article that deals with the specifics of this.
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The Armenian Genocide
The Young Turks, or the Turkish government.
The Turkish goal for the Armenian Genocide was the rise of Ottoman power progress. The perpetrators of this treatment was the Young Turks.
The Ottoman Empire was responsible for the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1917. It was the Armenians who were targeted by Ottoman Turks and Kurdish allies.
The Armenian Genocide started in 1915. It was systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) during and just afte WW1. The genocide ended in 1923.
The Young Turks, a powerful organization in the decaying Ottoman Empire that would eventually create Turkey, orchestrated and committed the Armenian Genocide. They used Turkish soldiers and Kurdish irregulars to do this.
The Turkish leader was the leader of the Ottoman empire, Talad Pasha
The Armenian Genocide also known as the Armenian Holocaust, Great Calamity or the Armenian Massacre refers to the forced mass evacuation and related deaths of hundreds of thousands or over a million Armenians, during the government of the Young Turks from 1915 to 1917 in the Ottoman Empire. Sam Azadian, who lost four siblings during the Armenian Genocide, founded the first Times Square Commemoration in 1985. The Turks don't recognize the Armenian Genocide as such. As a result of public awareness of the Armenian genocide, Turkey has lost the battle of truth.
In the Ottoman empire.
It was the first genocide of the 20th century, and what the Turks did served as an example to many other criminals. To encourage his accomplices, Hitler once said "after all, who still remembers the Armenian genocide?".