Throughout history genocide has taken place on more than one occasion, causing mass destruction and casualties. The most commonly known genocide is the Nazi Holocaust, but the one less commonly known with an equivalent amount of brutality is the Armenian Genocide, also known as the Armenian Holocaust. The Armenian Genocide seems to have been ignored and this can be due to the fact that today, Turkey still rejects that the massacre was "genocide". Genocide is the murder of an entire people (Levack 800). The United Nations estimates that about 1 million Armenians were killed as a result (Bass). Since the early 1900's Turkey has been trying to hide the massacres, but this organized genocide should not be ignored because it became a model for future genocides. .
The Armenians lived in Turkey peacefully for years. The Armenians official religion was Christianity. Islam was the major religion in Turkey. Prior to the Genocide, the Armenians and Turkish people lived together without conflict. In 1908, a movement led to a new group coming to power. The new socialist power, the Young Turks, was formed by young military officers who were concerned about the loss of power in the Ottoman Empire. They worked under the secret police to overthrow the Turkish Sultan, Abdul Hamid II. The Muslims thought the Christians were nonbelievers and treated them unequal. Christians did not have the same legal rights and had to pay higher taxes. The Armenians continued to live in Turkey and prosper. They were educated and usually from the second class. The Young Turks were peasants and below the Armenians. They were jealous and did not want Christianity to spread throughout the Ottoman Empire, so their solution was to kill off as many Armenians as possible. .
Another factor that hid the Armenian Genocide was WWI. Turkey entered WWI as allies of Germany and Austria-Hungary. Since the Young Turks had recently begun their mission to remove the Armenians, they feared the Armenians would join forces with Russia to fight for their independence.
The Armenian Genocide, the First Genocide of Twentieth Century April is the month of mourning for Armenians around the world. ... This barbarous crime was the first Genocide of the 20th century, the Armenian Genocide. ... And this was the first Genocide of 20th century. ... The Turkish government today denies the Genocide charges. ... Many countries also officially recognize the Armenian Genocide. ...
- This was a chilling comment made by Germany's Nazi leader Adolf Hitler referring to the Armenian Genocide (Apsel). ... Today, the Turkish Government still denies the occurrence of the Armenian Genocide. ... The United States, which was neutral between the Ottoman Empire and Armenia, also condemned the genocide and spoke on the behalf of the Armenians. ... ("Ambassador Morgenthau's-) However, Armenia today still struggles to obtain full recognition of the Armenian Genocide. On January18, 2001, France recognized the Genocide ("Armenia: French-), and some governments, although s...
April 24 marks the anniversary of a horrible tragedy, the first genocide of 20th century, the Armenian Genocide. ... The countries that recognize the Armenian Genocide are France, Russia, Sweden, Greece , Argentina the EU parliament and others. ... A large number of the deportees were of course women, that sector of the Armenian population yet untouched by the unfolding genocide. ... A plan for genocide is never satisfied with inducing death. ... And a plan for genocide requires contingents which will carry out the aims of the program for extermination. ...
" (Longoria, The Armenian Genocide). ... " (Longoria, The Armenian Genocide). ... Many nations today do not recognize the Armenian Genocide as an actual "Genocide.... Dave Trott Visits Armenia To Recognize Armenian Genocide Of 1915). This shows how some are drastically in favor of the recognition of the Armenian Genocide as an actual genocide. ...
Consequently, Turks did not apply any genocide to the Armenians in 1915 relocation. In the website of Armenian institute it is said that "The Armenian Genocide was centrally planned and administered by the Turkish government against the entire Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire. ... Armenians stabbed the Ottoman State that was their own state to establish an independent Armenia. ... Even if they have lots of privileges came from 1839 Firman, 1908 Berlin Congress and 1908 Constitution arrangements they collaborated with the enemy both in the border areas and in the inner regions, and p...
This isolation from Turkey by Armenia allowed for Armenian diaspora campaigns focused on recognizing the Armenian genocide of 1915. ... Turkeys official position is against the recognition of the Armenian genocide due to legislatures that such decisions are not binding under international law (Iskandaryan 46) which goes back to the point that although Turkey is on the defense, they are not fighting the fact that the genocide was under their supervision. ... As Professor Bardakjian went over in class, Obama made pledges during his election campaign that he would support the Armenian diaspora ca...
In Night, Eliezer struggles through the Jewish Holocaust, yet years before, the Armenian people had to battle arguably harder conditions in order to survive genocide. ... However, in the past, society has had to re-evaluate these two horrible events and the Jewish Holocaust's reassessments tend to have more meaning and are in contrast to the basic ignorance of the public toward the Armenian Genocide. ... On the other hand, the Armenian Genocide tends to meet with the ignorance of the public. ... (Armenian National Institute). ... The Jews and Armenians had one major downfall, fear, and th...
About 3 million Armenians live in Armenia and some 1.5 million more reside in other parts of the former Soviet Union. ... The Sassanids initially seized Armenia, but the Roman Empire wrested control of Armenia later that century and then restored the Arsacids to power, crowning Tiridat I I I as Armenian king. ... In 1828 Perisa cede what is today nakhichevan, Nagorno-Karabagh, and Armenia to Russia, resulting in the creation of a Russian Armenian and a Turkish Armenia. Russian Armenia prospered. ... In 1915, under the cover of WWI, the Turkish government implemented and enacted this century&#x...
The Armenian Holocaust was the first genocide of the twentieth century; it decimated the Armenian Christians inhabiting Turkey and accounted for almost ten percent of Turkey's population at that time. ... The aim of this essay is to understand the history prior to the genocide, the reasons for it and the massacres against the Armenians during the war. The first topic to address is the history prior to genocide. ... As Christians, the Armenians were already considered enemies of the state, this call for jihad merely intensified the Muslim zeal and hate toward Armenians.12 The second re...