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Turkish Boycott Armenian Businesses
Dr. Nazim travels along with the Turkish people and boycotts Armenian Business throughout the Ottoman Empire. -
Negotiations
Negotiations began between the German and Turkish Imperial governments. -
Top Secret
A treaty had been secretly signed between Turkey and Germany that placed the Turkish army under German command. -
Censorship
The government declared all telegraphic communication to be censored. -
Burnin' up
1,080 shops that had been owned by Armenians had been burned in Diyarbekir. -
Taken Over
Men from the ages of 20 to 45 were taken over by the Turkish armed forces. -
Beginning of Destruction
A series of isolated murders have begun to destroy the Armenian population. -
Arrests & Robberies
Mass arrests and robberies had occurred in Alashkert District. This had been a part of a general campaign that had been led by the chetes forces against the Armenian villages of the district. -
Resistance
Armenian leader, Murad, resists arrest in Sivas and then flees to the mountains. After many daring escapes he reaches the Caucasus. -
Torture
Mass beatings and tortures are inflicted on the Armenians of Chomaklu. -
Refugees
Armenian refugees from villages that surrounded the city of Van arrived and notified the inhabitants that 80 villages in Van Province were already obliterated and that 24,000 Armenians had been killed in three days. -
Murdered
Armenian leaders Vramian and Ishkhan were slain during the night in the village of Hirj by chetes on orders from Governor-general Tahir Jevdet. -
Deportation
A government decree had instructed 30,000 Armenians in Trebizond to leave the city within 5 days. -
Armenia hits the US
The New York Times reports of a plan for the destruction of the whole Armenian nation. -
Killings
4,750 Armenians are murdered in Jezire. -
NY Times
The New York Times reports the murder of 350,000 Armenians. -
Massacre
300 Armenians were killed in a massacre that took place in Urfa. -
Reportings
By October 7th, there was a minimum of 360,000 Armenians still living and a minimum of 800,000 Armenians killed. -
Children being deported
There had been orders issued for the deportation of all children except those who did not remember their parents. -
Fast Forward
Fast forward to 1920. The allies formally recognize the independence of Armenia and even so, a month later on February 5, 1920, 10,000 Armenians are massacred in Marash.
