Western Armenia

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…

Many Armenians were forcibly removed from their homes during the First World War, moving from the then Ottoman Empire, into the vast deserts of Iraq and Syria. During this time over a million people either died or were murdered in what the Armenians describe as genocide, even though Turkish officials refute this statement. The director of the film Armenian Genocide: Grandma’s Tattoo Suzanne Khardalian delves into her own family’s history to investigate and discover the shocking truth behind some…

In the span of two years, 1.2 million Armenians were murdered by the Turks (“The Armenian Genocide (1915-16): In Depth”). The elimination of the Armenians could be blamed mostly on the Turks because of the lack of trust from the Turks towards the Armenians during World War Ι. This is known as the Armenian Genocide, although Turkey refuses to consider it a genocide to this day. Since all the stages of genocide are completely evident in history, as well as the murder of millions of people, this…

Memory is a concept that is solid yet malleable, like the tides of the ocean forever moving, shifting and changing the sands around it. This is where the dangers lie in relying exclusively on memories to remember genocide. In both the Armenian genocide and the Holocaust, the use of memory can provide us with immense information and details on the events that happened to individuals. As opinions, experiences, and life can change, memory can change too; especially when the idea of collective…

Bloxham, Donald. "Rethinking the Armenian Genocide." History Today, vol. 55, no. 6, June 2005, pp. 28-30. EBSCO MAS Ultra- School Edition, search.ebscohost.com.ursulinedallas.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ulh&AN=17273544&site=ehost-live. This source explains what happened during and right before the Armenian genocide in Turkey. This article helps the reader discern and sort out differing viewpoints by giving facts about the genocide and the related complicated issues which surround this…

this genocide was not a crime against humanity. In fact, according to the Turkish government, the Armenians were a foreign enemy. To this day, many governments have been reluctant to acknowledge this genocide, as Turkey is a reliable ally of the Western World, including the EU and the United States. As a result, many people have been forced to pursue justice on their own, which led to, out of many things, Operation Nemesis, which targeted the leaders behind the massacre. The men behind those…

There was unnecessary use of force by Armenians because they wanted to get psychological advantage over Azerbaijan. This attack can never be militarily justified because it gave no military advantage to Armenia. Armenians also claim that there was a corridor left for people who wanted to leave the town peacefully. But in real people were killed while leaving town through that corridor. This was just a trap to kill people. Question arises that if there was…

I will argue that Cyrus has perfected the techne of being a leader, as supported by Socrates 's views on power, temperance and virtue. By practicing these qualities, Cyrus practices the true arts and improves the character of those around him. Cyrus’s ability to practice the techne of leadership is significant because it serves as an example to other leaders, specifically those of the Greeks. In Gorgias, Socrates teaches that temperance is the ability to control or discipline one’s appetites…

Thesis: Within the endless sands crossing between, the decaying Ottoman Empire, millions of Armenians were sent on to their deaths by being forced across these sands by the Turkish government. In Chris Bohjalian, Sandcastle Girls, he creates a fictional novel that showcases these atrocities, while entwining the story into personable characters and an engaging story. The thesis of Sandcastle Girls is to create a fictional love story, which allows the reader to gain an understanding of the events…

Katherine Miller Professor Muedini IS 470 21 April 2016 The Armenian Genocide: Ignored but Not Forgotten Gandhi once said, “The enemy is fear. We think it is hate;but, it is fear.” Maybe fear is the motivator of hatred, and fear of the other drives discrimination, mistreatment, and violence. This fear can lead to tension between different groups of people such as different ethnic groups, especially in the cases of majorities and minorities. In the case of the Armenian Genocide, fear of…