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By revolution, Turks seized power.
By revolution, Turks seized power. -
CUP emerged at the head of government.
This was led by Enver, Minister of War; Talaat, Minister of the Interior; and Jemal, Minister of the Marine. They enduced a Turkish state. -
World War 1 broke out.
The Ottoman Empire formed a Triple Alliance with other Central Powers, Germany and Austria - Hungary. The Triple Alliance declared war on Russia, Great Britian, and France. -
The Ottoman government decided to decimate the Armenians from their population. (About 2 million)
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The lives of Armenians became unprotected, and unsafe.
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The Armenians in the Ottoman government were either worked to death or executed.
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Armenian population was ordered to deport.
Tens of thousands were driven hundreds of miles towards the Syrian desert in convoys. Some were forced to walk. -
Convoys were attacked frequently.
Bands of killers slaughtered the Armenians - A sizable portion in terrifying episodes by sword. -
Deportees were denied food and water to quicken death.
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Survivors who reached Syria were seperated into concentration camps and sent further South of Syria.
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Armenians defended themselves until relieved by Russian Forces.
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They abandoned the city.
They were hunted down by Turkish irregular forces. Towns that resisted were attacked and reduced to rubble. -
American Ambassador Henry Morgenthau publicized the Armenians situation in the US.
Because of this, Near East Relief was developed. It was a committee to feed starving Armenians. They raised funds and saved tens of thousands of lives. -
After the war, NER made a big effort to rehabilite survivors who had been deported.
They set up camps, orphanages, medical clinics and educational facilities. -
Charges were made.
Accused who were founded guilty escaped the death penalty by fleeing. -
Talaat died.
The principal of the Genocide, Talaat, was killed in Berlin where he had gone into hiding. His assassin was then tried in a German court which acquitted him. -
National Forces wiped out the last intact Armenian community with expulsion and massacres.
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Turkey was declared a republic.
All questions and related matters of the Armenian Genocide were quickly forgotten. -
Armenians gather each year on April 24 at the site of memorials.
Armenians remember and pay respects to their suffered nation.
