Facts About The Armenian Genocide

Genocide is a word used to describe the destruction of a nation or ethnic group. The word being derived from the Greek word genos meaning “race” and the Latin word cide meaning “killing”. The Armenian genocide, although covered up, was particularly brutal. The Ottoman Turks had a lot to do with the genocide taking place, the murders were brutal and the Ottoman Turks and Turkish people today have had a lot of control over the aftermath. At the time, the Ottoman Turks had just entered World War I, taking the side of Germany and the Austro- Hungarian Empire. The Turks were worried about the Armenian people living in the area, thinking that they would stray from the Ottoman Empire and aid Russia in the war. Another reason for the genocide is that a nationalist group of young Turks called the Ittihadist Party led by Enver Pasha, Talaat Pasha and Jemal Pasha, otherwise known as the Three Pashas, wanted to create a “Pan Turkish” empire which was a political union among all Turks in the Ottoman Empire. The Christian Armenians were seen as a physical obstacle of the plan. The Armenian genocide began on April 24,1915, even though some historians say that the massacres that began in the late 1800’s had the intent of genocide. Although the Armenian genocide was nowhere near technologically advanced, approximately 1.5 …show more content…
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