Armenian Genocide

  • turkish people attack

    attack armenian villages and 18000 armenians left homeless and dead
  • turkish army is defeated

    army is finally defeated with a loss of 70,000 men
  • Enver minister of war returns

    orders all people to be shot that resist
  • attack by chetes

    results in murder, rape, and looting
  • turckish forces attack the city of Van

    55 thousand armenians are killed
  • official Start of Genocide

    Turkish government leaders wanted to get rid of Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire
  • Period: to

    Armenian Genocide

  • armenians are charged for a crime that wasnt commited

    said armenian bakers poisoned people and were charged and beaten
  • New york times death count

    1000000 armenians killed and blamed this action on the British
  • deported armenians

    50 of 100 armenians were starving and dying
  • armenian death count in damascus

    80000 armenians have starved in damascus after fleeing
  • russia occupies armenian regions

    most armenians have been killed by this point
  • armenians in the city of Aleppo

    20000 armenians suffering from extreme distress
  • turkey denies armenians again

    armenians request for aid and turkey denies all help
  • Armenia returns to the ottoman empire

    treaty of Brest-Litosvk
  • Areminan Republic formed...

    declares independence from russia
  • bringing back the armenians

    republic formed in russiea
  • ottoman empires surrenders

    surrenders to allied powers (three pahsas flee)
  • court martial in constantinople

    individuals are found found guilty for their crimes