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The Young Turks overthrow Abdul Hamid for control of the Turkish government.
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The Ottoman Empire enters World War I under the Central Powers.
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Mass murders and violence against Armenians begin.
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Red Sunday. 250 Turkish intellectuals are arrested.
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The Temporary Law of Deportation is passed, allowing Turkish officials to deport anyone they "sensed" as a threat to national security.
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The New York Times reports that "the roads and the Euphrates are strewn with corpses of exiles, and those who survive are doomed to certain death. It is a plan to exterminate the whole Armenian people."
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Over 150 Turkish officials are brought under courts-martial for their crimes against humanity.
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With the trial of the officials responsible for the exterminations, the attacks upon the Armenians die down.
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Talat Pasha is assassinated during broad daylight and in front of many witnesses in Berlin, Germany.