From April of 1915 to 1917, the Ottoman empire began a process of eliminating its Armenian population by a mass genocide or "ethnic cleansing." At the time, the first World War was already occurring, which turned out to be the original spark that would cause the carnage to flare. Thomas de Waal states in his article The G-Word that "the Ottoman Empire began a brutal campaign of deporting and destroying its ethnic Armenian community, whom it accused of supporting Russia, a World War I enemy. More than a million Armenians died." (Waal, The G-Word). He goes on to talk about how recognizing it as a "genocide" comes with much tension and opposition today. As a whole, much went into the start of the Armenian Genocide along with the events that occurred during it, the actions that were taken to stop it, and the effects it has caused in the world up to today.
The Armenian Genocide was caused by a mixture of racism toward the Armenians, anger towards military losses, and the need for a scapegoat, or someone to blame. It started off in 1915, when The Ottoman Empire had a lot of internal struggles and issues and had no outlet to place blame onto. During the World War I years, when the Ottomans had much trouble with their numerous losses, they began to use the Armenian people as scapegoats to place blame on, similar to how hitler would do later with the Jews during the Holocaust. In her article on the Armenian Genocide, Alba Longoria is quoted saying, "The government of the Ottoman Empire confiscated Armenian property, deported Armenians to Syria and Anatolia, and massacred large numbers of Armenians, while many of those who were deported died of starvation, but those who survived the deportation witnessed unimaginable brutalities, like the systematic stabbing to death of numerous women and children." (Longoria, The Armenian Genocide). This exemplifies the horrors that had begun the carnage and that had eventually escalated to downright atrocities and purposeless murder.
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. ...
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". ... Prior to the Genocide, the Armenians and Turkish people lived together without conflict. ... Another factor that hid the Armenian Genocide was WWI. ... The death toll from genocide is still rising because of the Armenian Genocide's influence....
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...
