The Turk

population was completely eliminated in 1923. The now Turkish republic encountered a lot of Armenian population who were a minority because they consisted Christian and the turks were an islamic based people with a hate for the Armenians. The victims were Armenian people because they were christian based population. The young turks were a islamic based population and did not agree with the ways of the Armenians and committed the genocide. Armenians were a really religious group associated…

already existed. Muslims and Christians were both taking pilgrimages to the Holy Land, but each group truly thought the Holy Land belonged to them alone. Seljuk Turks wanted to overtake Islamic regions and regions that did not follow Islam, but they focused more on taking power from other Muslims and not from the “West,” or Christendom. The Turks did attack Byzantium, which was already weak, so the empire had to rely on European troops for military support. When the emperor sent this plea to…

died, mainly because they were denied any food or water as well as being attacked by the Turks government (no matter age and/or gender). Finally, the international community threatened to hold Turks responsible. They certainly did not get away with their actions.…

were in the army were killed or put into slave work until they died. The Turks would find any way to get rid of the Armenians. There were plenty of ways they torchered the Armenians. Mostly because they were jealous of the fact that, Armenians had money, education, and a nice life. Armenia became the first nation to accept Christianity as their state religion. The first invasion…

The Armenian Genocide was an atrocity that took place during World War One. It features the Armenians as the victims and the Turks as the oppressors. Although the death toll is not official because of the conflicting results regarding it, there was somewhere in the neighborhood between one to one and a half million Armenians that were slaughtered, starved, or tortured to death between 1915 and 1923. However, some people in Turkey deny the killing of the Armenian people and even are so extreme…

being the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire supplied Turkey with their power in a twisted way, as it seemed as if Turkey was also supplying the Ottoman Empire with their own power. The main power in Turkey was held through young Turks known as the Triumvirate. The young Turks responsible for the start of the genocide against Armenia were named Mehmed Talaat, Ismail Enver and Ahmed Djemal, or the Three Pashas. These three men came to wield dictatorial powers over the Ottoman Empire and…

systems must be;…” Busbecq’s concern here is that if these two forces face each other in battle that the Turks will not be complaining like the Christian soldier but will face their adversities and overcome them. Busbecq also laments the system of how the Christian soldiers achieve rank through heredity and not through achievement like the Turks. Busbecq states this disparity as the reason for the Turks immense success, “This is the reason that they are successful in their undertakings, that…

Over a hundred thousand people died during the time of the First Crusade. The First Crusade was a devastatingly long fight between the Christians and the Seljuk Turks for many reasons, but the main reason being because the Seljuk Turks were residing in Jerusalem. The Christians had many reasons for starting the First Crusade which impacted the Christian and Islamic relationship forever. The capture of Jerusalem by the Muslim forces along with the letter sent to Pope Urban II by Emperor Alexius I…

1903 the anti-Turkish Armenian apprising in Sasun. The 1915 massacre of Armenians was preceded by a revolt of Armenians living in the Ottoman city of Van, against the Ottoman Army, allying with Russian Army which was advancing towards the town. The Turks, considering the Armenian population a Fifth Column, retaliated brutally, by mass deportation of Armenians, which resulted on many of them dying of hunger, thirsts and at the hands of…

he describes the problem awaiting for the Franks. The Turks towards the East have “either entirely destroyed the churches of God or appropriated them for the rites of its own religion” and that “to speak of it is worse than to be silent!” The Franks must “enter upon the road to the Holy Sepulchre; wrest that land from the wicked race, and subject it to [themselves]” (6-7). Appealing to their pride, the Franks are obligated to fight back the Turks who have invaded the Holy Land and have wronged…