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Turks begin boycott on Armenian business.
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Germans and Turks Imperial Gov'ts negotiate.
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Germany Declares War on Russia. Beginning of World War I.
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A secret treaty of alliance is signed between Turkey and Germany virtually placing the Turkish armed forces under German command.
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Looting is reported in Sivas, Diyarbekir, and other provinces, under the guise of collecting war contributions. Stores owned by Armenian and Greek merchants are vandalized. 1,080 shops owned by Armenians are burned in the city of Diyarbekir.
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Turkish troops are garrisoned in Armenian schools and churches in Sivas Province. In the city of Sivas, 56,000 soldiers of the 10th Army Corps are quartered in and around the Christian districts.
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The Armenian National Assembly, composed of civil and religious representatives, meets in Constantinople and advises Armenians in the provinces to remain calm in the face of provocation.
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The government distributes arms to the Muslim residents of the town of Keghi in Erzerum Province on the excuse that the Armenians there were unreliable.
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In Zeitun, all the Armenian notables are called to a meeting. About three score attend and are immediately arrested.
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The beginning of a series of isolated murders to terrorize the Armenian population.
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Vramian, an Armenian parliamentary deputy from Van, writes Talaat advising him to remove the large number of chetes in Van Province.
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A search for weapons is conducted in Iskenderun (Alexandretta) and a mass arrest of Armenians carried out.
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A search for weapons is conducted in Iskenderun (Alexandretta) and a mass arrest of Armenians carried out.
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26 Armenian leaders are arrested in Marsovan (Merzifon). A two-week-long search for weapons is started accompanied by acts of violence and the abuse of women.
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Deportations, arrests and killings continue in many towns. The American Newspaper starts coverage on the Turks policy against Armenians. War in Europe continues on with many battles.
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Allies forces occupy Baghdad. The Turkish government declines American offers of aid to the Armenian survivors again. Turks break off relations with America. Turks try to "Turkify" the remaining Armenians.
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Allied forces occupy Jerusalem. Trukish forces take back Erzerum, then Vans, then Kar. Massacres of Armenians continues. Allied forces capture Damascus, and the city of Beirut.
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A general Armistice is declared between the Allies and the Central Powers. Sessions of testimony of all the massacres are held.
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On the first anniversary of independence, the Republic of Armenia declares the unification of Caucasian and Turkish Armenia.
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The Allies formally recognize the independence of Armenia. Tried in Constantinople in absentia, Behaeddin Shakir is sentenced to death and Dr. Nazim to fifteen years hard labor. Turkish Nationalist forces affiliated with Mustafa Kemal attack Marash. 10,00
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While addressing his military commanders at Obersalzburg, a week before the invasion of Poland, and the start of World War II, Adolph Hitler speaks of his orders "to kill without pity or mercy all men, women, and children of Polish race or language," and