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100,000 to 300,000 Armenians are killed, between 1894 and 1896, under Sultan Abdul Hamid II, The Bloody Sultan,as a response to Armenian activism for civil rights These killings become known as the Hamidian Massacres.
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The Turkis army takes full responsibility for the killing of 30,000 Armenians. The Armenian community considered it an accident and continuted to trust the Turkish governement.
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The Young Turks have taken full control of the government, Armenians were upset.
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World War I broke out; this would be perfect oppertunity to bring that Armenian problem to an end.
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By explanding the borders across the Caucasus to the Central Asia, the Turks wanted to expand their territory. Although, in it's path was Armenia.
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1,080 shops owned by Armenians are burned in the city of Diyarbekir.
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Russia formally declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
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Armenians that previous fought for the Ottoman empire are disarmed and killed.
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Influencal Armenians (officials, intellecuals ect) are led outside of the city to be exiled. Few were left to return home to share their expierences, causing a panic.
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21 leaders of the Hnchukyan Party are hanged publicly in Constantinople.
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Turks are accused on an international level of trying to exterminate a whole population. This all started when The New York Times publishes stories about the genocide.
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Some Armenians see hope as Russian troops came and attacked along the Eastern Front making their way into central Turkey
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A year after coming to aid the Armenians, Russians were recalled back to Russia to help fight for their country in the Russian Revolution.
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As many as half a million Armenians packed up, gathered, and were prepared to withdraw.
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The Turks found the Armenians before they were about to leave and killed about 100,000 of them.
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Armenians acquired weapons, fought, and repelled the Turks back to Turkey with the victory at Sardarabad. Several days later, the Armenian leaders declared their country the Independent Republic of Armenia.
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Days after the victory at the battle of Sardarabad, the Armenian leaders declared their country the Independent Republic of Armenia.
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Ronald Reagan, United States President, officially acknowledges the Armenian Genocide in a speech commemorating the Holocaust.
