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Armenian genocide - Wikipedia

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The Armenian genocide[a] was the systematic destruction of the Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily through the mass murder of around one million Armenians during death marches to the Syrian Desert and the forced Islamization of others, primarily women and children. Before World War I, Armenians occupied a somewhat protected, but subordinate, place in Ottoman society. Large-scale massacres of Armenians had occurred in the 1890s and 1909. The Ottoman Empire suffered a series of military defeats and territorial losses—especially during the 1912–1913 Balkan Wars—leading to fear among CUP leaders that the Armenians would seek independence. During their invasion of Russian and Persian territory in 1914, Ottoman paramilitaries massacred local Armenians. Ottoman leaders took isolated instances of Armenian resistance as evidence of a widespread rebellion, though no su

Armenian genocide - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Systematic campaign in the Ottoman Empire Armenian genocide Part of World War I Column of Armenian deportees guarded by gendarmes in Harput vilayet Location Ottoman Empire Date 1915–1917 [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Target Ottoman Armenians Attack type Genocide , death march , Islamization Deaths 600,000–1.5 million [ 3 ] Perpetrators Committee of Union and Progress The Armenian genocide [ a ] was the systematic destruction of the Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I . Spearheaded by the ruling

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