During the year of 1915, the Turkish government set forth to abolish all Armenians living in the Ottoman empire at that time. During 1915 around 2 million Armenians lived in the Ottoman empire. This massacre is rooted in the culture of the Ottoman empire at that time. The Turkish government made many laws around groups such as Christians and the Armenian community, things like higher taxes and voting rights were different for these groups. These laws made minority groups tend to ally with each other. The Turkish people saw the Armenian community thriving, with their members being usually wealthier and better educated than the Turks. The Turks resented the Armenian community for this fortune and thought that because they treated them poorly that these minorities would side with a Christian government like the Russians had. The Russians bordered turkey and the Turks felt that if it came down to it the Armenians would side with the Russians whom they already had a weak relationship.
As the Ottoman empire began to crumble the Turks suspicion grew. As the Armenians began asking for basic civil rights the Turkish Sultan Abdul Hamid II said that he would solve the Armenian problem. Abdul declared that he would settle the Armenians, hinting at the massacre that would soon follow. Between 1894 and 1896 the Turkish military raided and killed hundreds of thousands of Armenian. In 1908 a group called the “young Turks” overthrew Abdul. The Armenians were hopeful that they would now have an equal place alongside the Turks, but they were wrong. The “young Turks” wanted nothing to do with the Armenians. During World War One the Armenians began to side with the Russians, which fleshed out where the trust fell with the Armenians and the Turks.
April 24th in 1915, the genocide began officially. The trial led murdering marches through cities and towns massacring, raping, crucifying, throwing people off cliff sides, drowning and all other forms of torture. The land was covered in Armenian corpses, rotting in the sun. After the genocide, there were only 388,000 Armenians left in all of the Ottoman empires.
Even to this day, the Turkish people do not admit to the Armenian genocide that took place not all that long ago.
As the Ottoman empire began to crumble the Turks suspicion grew. As the Armenians began asking for basic civil rights the Turkish Sultan Abdul Hamid II said that he would solve the Armenian problem. Abdul declared that he would settle the Armenians, hinting at the massacre that would soon follow. Between 1894 and 1896 the Turkish military raided and killed hundreds of thousands of Armenian. In 1908 a group called the “young Turks” overthrew Abdul. The Armenians were hopeful that they would now have an equal place alongside the Turks, but they were wrong. The “young Turks” wanted nothing to do with the Armenians. During World War One the Armenians began to side with the Russians, which fleshed out where the trust fell with the Armenians and the Turks.
April 24th in 1915, the genocide began officially. The trial led murdering marches through cities and towns massacring, raping, crucifying, throwing people off cliff sides, drowning and all other forms of torture. The land was covered in Armenian corpses, rotting in the sun. After the genocide, there were only 388,000 Armenians left in all of the Ottoman empires.
Even to this day, the Turkish people do not admit to the Armenian genocide that took place not all that long ago.
Citations:
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/timestopics/topics_armeniangenocide.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide
The Armenian Genocide (1915-16): Overview. (n.d.). Retrieved November 23, 2017, from https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10008187
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/timestopics/topics_armeniangenocide.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide
The Armenian Genocide (1915-16): Overview. (n.d.). Retrieved November 23, 2017, from https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10008187