What is the Armenian Genocide? The atrocities committed against the Armenian people of the Ottoman Empire during WWI are defined as the Armenian Genocide. Those massacres were perpetrated throughout different regions of the Ottoman Empire by the Young Turkish Government which was in power at the time. The first international reaction to the violence resulted in a joint statement by France, Russia and Great Britain, in May 1915, where the Turkish atrocities directed against the Armenian people was defined as "new crime against humanity and civilization" agreeing that the Turkish government must be punished for committing such crimes. Why was the Armenian Genocide perpetrated? When WWI erupted, the Young Turk government, hoping to save the remains of the weakened Ottoman Empire, adopted a policy of Pan Turkism -- the establishment of a mega Turkish empire comprising of all Turkic-speaking peoples of the Caucasus and Central Asia extending to China, intending also to Turkify all ethnic minorities of the empire. The Armenian population became the main obstacle standing in the way of the realization of this policy. Although the decision for the deportation of all Armenians from the Western Armenia (Eastern Turkey) was adopted in late 1911, the Young Turks used WWI as a suitable opportunity for its implementation. How many people died in the Armenian Genocide? There were an estimated two million Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire on the eve of WWI. Approximately one and a half million Armenians perished between 1915 and 1923. Another half million found shelter abroad. READ MORE at: http://genocide-museum.am/eng/armenian_genocide.php -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TAGS: armenia turkey genocide stop genocide 24 april 1915, turkish, massacring of Armenians, armenian, genocid armyan, le génocide, arménie, arméniens en 24 avril 1915 Mets Eghern, Tsitsernakaberd, Հայոց ցեղասպանություն, Մեծ Եղեռն, Հայաստան թուրքիա երիտթուրքեր ջեմալ էնվեր թալեաթ փաշա, fuck turkey, fuck pasha, Исмаил Энвер, Энвер-паша, Энвер-бей, Мехмед Талаат-паша, talaat pasha, Talaat Pacha : le grand ordonnateur du génocide arménien, День памяти, Геноцид армян, Геноци́д армя́н, Ermeni soykırımı , Never Again, turkey terrorist, erdogan, Ermeni Kırımı 1915 год, Великое Злодеяние, Османской империи, Республика Армения, Арарат, озеро Ван. История Турции, turkey history, Anadolu, Աղետ, 1915 թ. ապրիլի 24, Կոստանդնուպոլսում ձերբակալվեց 600 հայազգի մտավորական, Հայկական հարցը --- Armeense volksmoord, Chenocidio armenio, kurdos, turcos y azerís, مذابح الأرمن, Erməni soyqırımı iddiası, Армянскі генацыд, Ermenski genocid, Genocidi armeni, Turquia, Det armenske folkedrab, Hil-laddiad Armenia, Völkermord an den Armeniern, Γενοκτονία των Αρμενίων, Armena genocido, Genocidio armenio, Armeenlaste genotsiid, Armeniar genozidioa, نسل‌کشی ارمنی‌ها, Armenialaisten kansanmurha, Génocide arménien, Armeenske genoside, Xenocidio armenio, Cinedhíothú na nAirméanach, Armenski genocid, רצח העם הארמני, Örmény népirtás, アルメニア人虐殺, Genocidio armeno, სომხების გენოციდი, 아르메니아인 집단 학살, Genosida Armenia, Nîjadkujiya ermeniyan, Generis Armenorum occidio, Djenosidio armenio, Vëlkermuerd un den Armenier, Genocidio ærminnio, Armėnų genocidas, Ерменски геноцид, Armēņu genocīds, അർമേനിയൻ കൂട്ടക്കുരുതി, Genosid Armenia, Armeense genocide, Folkemordet på armenerne, Genocidi armèni, Ludobójstwo Ormian, Genocídio armênio, Genocidul Armean, Armenski genocid, Gjenocidi Armen, Геноцид над Јерменима, Armeniska folkmordet, ஆர்மீனிய இனப்படுகொலை, Ermeni Kırımı, Геноцид вірмен у Туреччині, ارمنی قتل عام, Vụ diệt chủng người Armenia, Armeênse Genocide, 亚美尼亚种族大屠杀 ........