Western Armenia

The Armenian Genocide is the forgotten genocide. Known to be the fourth largest genocide ever, an estimated 1,500,000 Armenians were killed, and yet the average person has never heard of it. Forgotten Fire is a fictional book by Adam Bagdasarian about the Armenian Genocide. In this book Vahan, the main character, is an Armenian. Vahan is a privileged boy and the son of a well known, well respected man. Vahan is used to comfort, wealth, and security, until the start of the genocide. When…

be drawn between the Holocaust and The Armenian Genocide of 1915 to 1917. Following the definition of a genocide both involved the systematic elimination of a certain group. For the Holocaust they were the: jews, polish, blacks, and gypsies of the Western European countries that Hitler controlled at the time of his rise to power. The targets for The Armenian Genocide would be the 1.5 million Armenians executed and deliberately persecuted by the Government of The Ottoman Empire ; this also…

The Armenians were treated very poorly, killed in many different ways and the Turkification had begun. The Turkish government had declared war on the Ottoman Empire. Armenians were arrested and sent on death marches out into the Mesopotamian desert with no food or water during World War I. The Turkification campaign had begun. They consisted of government squads of the Turkish. Their job was to kidnap Armenian children and convert them into Islam. Once that is complete they gave them to Turkish…

A genocide is a planned out killing of a large group of people. Sometimes concerning a certain ethnic or religion. One of the worst genocides was “The Armenian Genocide.” In 1915 the Armenian genocide was the biggest genocide movement that was very tragic. The Armenian genocide was set into motion by the leaders of the Turkish government. The Turkish government deported and killed around 1.5 million Armenians. In the Armenian genocide there were about 2 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire at…

The Ottoman empire was replaced by the republic of turkey, who committed genocide on the ottomans, and eliminated over a million of the population which consisted of two million in 1915. The Ottoman empire ceased to exist in 1925 but the 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…

Opposing Perspectives on the country of Turkey and Genocide Recently, at the University of California of Los Angeles, the Armenian Students Association presented “A Resolution to Divest from the Republic of Turkey to End the Perpetuation of the Armenian Genocide,” and held a meeting with the Turkish Cultural Club to discuss the resolution. The resolution originally called for the University of California, Los Angeles to divest its holdings from the Republic of Turkey. This led the Turkish…

Told through the author’s mother, Veron. David Kherdian, tells the factual narrative of his Armenian mothers childhood, and her struggles that were revealed to her in the destruction of the Ottoman Empire. The Turks, once allies with the Armenian community, turns away and attempts to direct the Armenians to leave Turkey. Through this expedition, Veron experienced gut-wrenching circumstances that showed courage and sacrifice that she now must live with forever. In the start, Veron is being…

In 1915 one of the world's worst genocides was initiated, almost completely erasing the Armenian people from the Turkish and middle east area. Killing over 1.5 million people over the course seven years. Ranked as one of the worst genocides, caused by the Turkish government, the Armenian were seen as lesser than their non- christian neighbors and killed over their beliefs. Subjected to higher tax laws and unequal treatment, the Armenian people still thrived under the Ottoman rule. During World…

The Armenian Genocide “The fallout caused by denial was inherited by later generations of Armenians, linking them to the fateful days of 1915, and compelling them to set the record straight.” This was written by author Michael Bobelian, who wrote about not only the events of the Armenian genocide, but the continual denial of it that continues even today. Today, despite pressure from around the world, the Turkish Government still continues to deny the events that occurred against the Armenian…

The Armenian Holocaust was a time of pure and utter despair, it was a brutal genocide that killed approximately 1.5 million people. It took place in the Ottoman Empire; the Turkish Armenians wanted to make the empire thoroughly Turkish and they especially wanted to get the Christian Armenians out of the empire. As a result, there were massacres and deportations that ended in many deaths of horrific exterminations. The exterminations consisted of torturing, enslavement, and deportations with no…