Armenian Genocide. Perpetrators When: 1915 - 1922 Who: The Young Turkish Government (Nationalism) Ismail Enver Pasha (1881-1922) Member of the Young Turk.
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Armenian Genocide
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Perpetrators When: 1915 - 1922 Who: The Young Turkish
Government (Nationalism) Ismail Enver Pasha (1881-1922) Member of
the Young Turk Triumverate Genocide Organizer Mehmed Talaat Pasha
(1847-1921) Leader of the Party of Ittihat ve Terakki Genocide
Organizer Jemal Pasha (1872-1922) Member of the Young Turk
Triumverate Genocide Organizer Doctor Nazim (1872-1926) Executive
Committee of Three
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Victims Dead: 800,000 to 1.5 million (approx. half of the
Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire) Causes: Execution, death
marches, torture, famine, epidemic diseases Targets: Armenians
living in the Ottoman Empire Refugees: ~500,000 Armenian refugees
Armenian woman kneeling beside dead child in field within sight of
help and safety at Aleppo
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Death March Routes
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Summary of Genocide - Timeline 1909: Ottoman Empire is
overthrown in the Young Turk Revolution. 1914-1918: World War I
Feb. 1919: A court martial to address war crimes is convened in
Constantinople. Jan. 19, 1920: The Allies formally recognize the
independence of Armenia. 1900 1923 1914 1918 1915: First violent
acts committed Armenians under the guise of WWI. April 24, 1915:
Selected Armenian elite arrested, deported and killed, followed by
ongoing massacres and deportation across villages within Turkish
territory. Sept. 5, 1915: The government orders all Armenian
orphans to be given Turkish names. Oct. 5, 1915: The Turkish
government confiscates the Armenian lands by a provisional law.
1922: Lausanne Conference convenes.
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Countries that Recognize the Armenian Genocide 1. Argentina 2.
Belgium 3. Canada 4. Chile 5. Cyprus 6. France 7. Germany 8. Greece
9. Italy 10. Lebanon 11. Lithuania 12. Netherlands 13. Poland 14.
Russia 15. Slovakia 16. Sweden 17. Switzerland 18. United States
19. Uruguay 20. Vatican City 21. Venezuela Armenians burnt alive in
Sheykhalan by Turkish soldiers, 1915 Armenian refugees at the
pyramid made from the skulls of Armenian martyrs
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Resources The History Channel Armenian Genocide:
http://www.history.com/topics/armenian-genocide
http://www.history.com/topics/armenian-genocide The Armenian
Genocide Museum-Institute:
http://www.genocide-museum.am/eng/index.php
http://www.genocide-museum.am/eng/index.php Armenian National
Institute: http://www.armenian- genocide.orghttp://www.armenian-
genocide.org Museum of Tolerance Armenian Genocide:
http://www.museumoftolerance.com/site/c.tmL6KfNVLtH/b.5163019/k.A
02E/Armenian_Genocide.htm
http://www.museumoftolerance.com/site/c.tmL6KfNVLtH/b.5163019/k.A
02E/Armenian_Genocide.htm