Young Turks Genocide

In 1915, a group called the Young Turks had been in power since 1908 when Sultan Hamid II was overthrown. The Turks developed a distrust towards the Armenians, who were Christians and not Muslim, which the Turkish people were. The Armenians and the Turks cohabitated in the same area, the Ottoman Empire. Eventually, the Turks wanted to drive the Armenians out of their land, and the controversy got very violent. The United States government should recognize the events of 1915 in Armenia as a genocide. A genocide is defined as the “deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.” This kind of killing was systematic and had been planned thoroughly. Although the Americans have a trade of oil with Turkey, and declaring this situation a genocide could put the United States in an unfavorable position with Turkey, the country must see it how it is depicted. Before 1915, other occurrences had taken place. In 1909, at the city of Adana, there had been a Turkish massacre, where many Armenians lost their lives. Sultan, who had been the ruler before the Young Turks, had not agreed with Armenians and had an unrest towards them. When the Young Turks came to power, Armenians believed things might turn around for them. However, the Young Turks also looked upon the Armenians in the same way …show more content…
The Turks see it as an act of war since they had been on opposing sides and believe the Armenians had completely turned on them. In actual fact, the Armenians had joined the opposite side after they were already singled out in the empire, and had different laws under the Turks. The United States should agree with the Armenians because this bloody massacre follows the exact definition of what a genocide is. There had been a deliberate killing (Turks killed them and kicked them out of their land) of a large group of people, the Armenians, especially those of a particular ethnic group,