Armenian Genocide

Erin Wilson, Diana Garcia, David Smith, Jordan Byler, Elizabeth Petviashvili

Who were the victims?

The Armenian people descend from the Indo - Europeans, who traveled to Asia Minor, which was where the Phrygians took control, changed their language and later referred to them as the Armenians. Although the Armenians remained under the rule of the Ottoman Empire for some time, the Ottomans began to decrease in number in the 1800s, thus making them inferior to the other modernized armies in Greece, Serbia and Romania. In responding to this sudden decline, the Ottoman Sultan began to persecute the Armenians.

As a result, over 1.5 million Armenians were deported and murdered.

Who were the perpetrators?

Committee of the Union and Progress aka as The Young Turks Mostly military officers, it went through 36 generations until 1918. Relied on the CUP of the high government and a newly-created secret outfit called Special Organization Behaeddin Shakir - Special Organization; medical doctor
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When, where, and why did this occur? (David Smith)

The genocide had began during the year 1915 and had continued until 1923 This tragic event mainly occurred in Turkey, but it had been seen in other close areas either death marches had occurred there or it had been an area of mass killing Ottoman government had wanted to get rid of those who were viewed as minority such as the Armenians; due to the internal decline of the economy and the government, the Turks had targeted the Armenians since they had the desire to be more affiliated with the government which drastically raised suspicion.

What Ended It?

The surrender of the

Ottoman Empire in 1918 ended the genocide

Who else was involved? (Liza)

Germany: Vahakn N. Dadrian, the author of German Responsibility in the Armenian

Genocide: A Review of the Historical Evidence of German Complicity , writes that Germany condoned the genocide to maintain allegiance with Turkey, and some officials even supervised the deportations. Some officials, however, were disgusted by the ongoing slaughter and sent frantic reports and vivid descriptions of the Armenian genocide to the German main office in Istanbul

America: When visiting Turkey during the genocide, American ambassador sent a full
report of the atrocities being committed to Washington. As the atrocities carried on, American newspapers continued to print out the full accounts of the genocide.

Russia: Russian troops stormed the Turkish Eastern front with the goal to attack the
capital. However, they withdrew in 1917 due to the Russian revolution. As the Russian troops returned to their country, hundreds of Armenians escapedTurkey with them, settling in the Armenian populated regions in the former Russian empire.

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