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Ottoman Rule of Armenia
The Ottoman's celebrated the religion of Idlam and believed that Christianity and Judism were inferior. -
Young Turks
The Ottoman Empire was ruled by a group called the Young Turks in oder to modernize the government, the Aremnians were treated unfairly by being over taxed and not given the same rights as the muslim Ottomans. The Amrenians were taunted and abused. -
New Leaders with a Plan
The three new leaders- Enver Pasha, Jemal Pasha and Talaat Pasha began to plan the extermination of the Armenian population. -
Remain Calm
Armenian National assembly tries to convince its people to remain calm when taunted.The Armenians unite to protest against the unfair treating. -
Postal Service Stopped
All the foreign postal services are stopped in Turkey by government ruling. -
Mass Executions
“Mass executions of Armenian soldiers in the Turkish army takes place in various public squares for the purpose of terrorizing the Armenians” Meanwhile Armenians were still voluntarily building hospitals for the use of the Turkish armed forces with the Red Cross Society. -
Rescue
“Some 2,000 Armenian girls, boys, and young women who were rescued—or, more often, rescued themselves—from Arab, Kurdish, and Turkish households into which they had been taken during and after the First World War and as a consequence of the Armenian Genocide of 1915." -
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Sent to the Desert
From 1915 to 1916 there were orders, which were executed to group up Armenians and send them to the Syrian desert where they were either killed by Turkish soldiers, starved to death or died from disease. -
Systematic Massacre
Turkish soldiers began to systematically massacre hundreds of thousands of Armenians.“some 2,000 Armenian girls, boys, and young women who were rescued—or, more often, rescued themselves—from Arab, Kurdish, and Turkish households into which they had been taken during and after the First World War and as a consequence of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. -
Taken
600 Armenian men of importance were taken away to be shot.
