Armenian Genocide

By RyRodrigues10
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    Ottomans begin to Persecute Armenians

  • Hamidian Massacres

    Hamidian Massacres

    Ottoman Police violently break up a protest of the Armenians which soon turned to mass killings amounting in between 100 to 300,000 deaths.
  • Young Turks overthrown Hamid

    Young Turks overthrown Hamid

  • Adana Massacre

    Adana Massacre

    A group of military elements tried to restore power to the old government. Eventually they turned to the Armenians who were accused of supporting the old constitution. About 15,000 to 30,000 Armenians died

  • Armenian soldiers are executed to terrorize Armenians

  • Start of the Armenian Genocide

    Start of the Armenian Genocide

    Ottoman authorites arrest about 250 Armenian leaders and intellectuals

  • Sublime Porte given a warning.

    Allied government give a warning that the Sublime Porte will be held responsible for the genocide.
  • First convoy of Armenians is deported from Erzinjan for the Syrian Desert

    First convoy of Armenians is deported from Erzinjan for the Syrian Desert

  • Swedish Ambassador reports Turkish actions

    Ambassador Anckarsvärd reported that the Turks were using the War to take the opportunity to remove the Armenians.

  • "Temporary Law of Expropriation and Confiscation" passed.

    anything owned by the Armenians was to be confiscated. This included homes, livestock, and property.

  • Disarming of Armenians in Constantinople begins

  • Turkey breaks relations with the US

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    Trazbon trial series investigate Dr. Saib

    He was accused of killing Armenian children with morphine.
  • Former Grand Vizier Talaat Pasha is assassinated.

    Former Grand Vizier Talaat Pasha is assassinated.

  • the independent Armenian Republic is changed to the Soviet Socialist Republic of Armenia.

  • Tehlirian is aquitted of the assassination charge.

    Tehlirian is aquitted of the assassination charge.

    Tehlirian was the assassin who killed Talaat.
  • Said Halim is assassinated in Rome

    Said Halim is assassinated in Rome

    Another leader of the genocide is assassinated by agents of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.
  • Treaty of Lausanne signed.

    Treaty of Lausanne signed.

    The treaty is signed by the Turks, but has no mention of the Genocide or the Armenians in it.
  • Hitler makes a remark about the Genocide

    Hitler makes a remark about the Genocide

    Before he invaded Poland, Hitler make an address which ended with, "WHO STILL TALKS NOWADAYS OF THE EXTERMINATION OF THE ARMENIANS?"
  • Ronald Reagan officially acknowledges the Genocide in a speech.

    Ronald Reagan officially acknowledges the Genocide in a speech.

    The speech was to commemorate the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide.
  • System of a Down writes the song P.L.U.C.K. about the Genocide

    System of a Down writes the song P.L.U.C.K. about the Genocide

    Members of the band had Armenian ancestors. P.L.U.C.K. stands for Political Lying, Unholy, Cowardly Killers.