Armenian Genocide

“The Great Crime”

Location Ottoman Empire; forced people to march through the desert of what is now Syria

DatesConventional starting date: April 24th, 1915; progressed during and just after World War I (1914—1918)

Causes

Inspired by the Enlightenment, Armenians requested better treatment from the Ottoman Empire; the rule of Sultan Abdul Hamid II disfavored Armenians and provoked them; Hamidian massacres; Young Turk Revolution (1908); Adana Massacre (1909)

Outcomes Armenian diaspora now exists

Human costs1 ½ million Armenians; however, the Ottoman Empire attacked other groups as well at the same time in other genocides

ConspiratorsCommittee of Union and Progress (CUP), the ruling political party at the time; Mehmet Talaat; Ismail Enver; Ahmed Jemal

Killers Special Organization