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starting of the genocide
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Three Armenians are hanged publicly in Mush without trial.
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The mass arrests of Armenian leaders in Aintab are begun.
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The Armenian refugees from Zeitun found in Marash, who had previously been spared deportation, are removed to the Syrian Desert.
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Armenians are deported from the northern villages of Erzerum Province.
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Armenians in the Khnus region of Erzerum Province are massacred.
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Armenians were later deported with the passage of Tehcir Law
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300 Armenian community leaders are arrested in Shabin-Karahisar
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The New York Times reports of a plan for the destruction of the whole Armenian nation.
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Instructions are sent to prevent foreign officers from photographing dead Armenians.
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14,000 Armenians are massacred in Ras-el-Ain . 24,000 deportees are reported still living in Ras-el-Ain .
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The appointment of the new German ambassador in Constantinople, Richard von K¸hlmann, who serves until July 1917, when he is promoted to the office of Foreign Minister.
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Halide Hanum, the Turkish female author, and head of an orphanage established in Syria, receives 70 Armenian orphans in her orphanage in order to Turkify them.
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20,000 Armenians in the city of Aleppo are reported in extreme distress.
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12,000 Armenian deportees are murdered in Buseira, near Der-el-Zor
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The Turkish government orders the Turkification and Islamization of the surviving Armenian Catholics
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The Allies formally recognize the independence of Armenia
