The document summarizes key details about the Armenian Genocide that occurred from 1915-1923. The genocide was carried out by the Ottoman Empire and sought to eliminate the large Christian Armenian population living in Anatolia and Ottoman Syria. It resulted in the deportation and death of approximately 1.5 million Armenians through forced labor and death marches in the Syrian desert. While some Allied powers condemned the actions, the genocide was largely ignored and remains denied by modern Turkey to this day.

1. Armenian
Genocide
Christian Miranda
Jessica Calvillo
Claudia Llontop
Emely Turcios

2. What caused the
genocide?
• 19- 20th century
• WWI events  decline
of ottoman empire
• Nationalism  to
expand turkey
• Rise of Young Turks
• Alliance with Germany
(Hitler) and Austria
Hungary
• Ambition, power, ultra www.unitedhumanrights.org
nationalist turks

3. The Victims
• Christians Armenians
• Religion was different
• Not Muslims
• Why? They were branded
as infidels (non- Islam)
•"if this is not general and
final, it will inevitably lead the
problems. Therefore it is
necessary to eliminate the
Armenian people (Christian
people) in its entirety”-
Dr.Nazim
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4. Elimination of Men
and Land
•Property, land, churches and
homes were
destroyed/burned
• Weapons were confiscated
•Men (ages 20-45) taken by
Turkish army; total of 40,000
recruited
• Work to death; death
penalty (execution) to those
who refused
• Removing male generation
of Armenians who might
propagate new generation
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5. Elimination of Women
and Children
•Forced deportation of
women, children, and
elderly
• Women sexually abused
and often killed
• Attractive females were
slaves
•Forced to deny
Christianity; boys were
given new Turkish names
•Children endured painful
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circumcision (Islamic

6. Did Anyone Help?
• Bystander effect?
• Turks kept genocide a secret
•Hiding evidence; Turk
government took precautions
•“The United states, for
example, “conforming Turkey’s
wishes”, all congressional
resolutions to recognize the
Armenian Genocide have been
opposed by the Reagan, Bush,
and Clinton
•The Allied powers (Britain,
France, Russia) against
Germany (Hitler), Austria-
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7. How Did the Genocide end?
• Turkey’s defeat in WW1
lead to independent
Republic of Armenia created
• Treaty of Sevres 1920
• New leader Kemal Ataturk
renounced treaty; re-
invasion of Armenia
• Separate Armenian Soviet
Socialist Republic created in
1936
• Bitter boundary between
Turkey and Armenia
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8. Who is Guilty?
•Ultra Nationalist Turks
(EnverPashal, CemalPashal,
TalatPashal)
•Planning of systematic
elimination
Justice Denied
•Turkish government maintained silence on the subject
•Denials that the genocide occurred
•Devoting millions of dollars to a propaganda campaign; to keep hiding truth
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9. Thank you for your attention!