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Armenia became a part of the ottoman empire when Byzantine empire was conquired by Mehmed II. Ottomans were muslim while Armenians stayed Christian
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Sultan Abdul Hamid II, came to power and attempted to stop the revolutions in his empire. he did this by encouriging Muslims to settle in armenian lands
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Hamid falsley charged the Armenians for rebelling without authority. The muslims were allowed to attack the Armenians causeing 200,000 of them to die over the course of the next two years
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the young turks over threw the Sultan. the group promised reform and the armenians supported it. the new leadership was to make the empire all Turkish and Muslim.
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The Armenians were labeled enimies to of Muslim Turkey
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Turkey entered WWI. A military offensive against Russia ended in a disaster and Turkey accused the Armenians of aiding Russia
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Turkish authorities arrested in executed Armenian leaders in Constantinople. This date is forever known as the beginning of the Armenian genocide .
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The Armenian population was deported to the desserts of Syria and Iraq . Before the deportation oral able bodied males were shot . The majority of people are either murdered or died of thirst and starvation along the way .
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By the end of the genocide over million Armenians died during the genocide
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Young turks were put on trial for war crimes and were found guilty for the destruction of the Armenian people
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Mustafa Ataturk came to power, formed the Republic of Turkey, and released open prisoners found guilty of the war crimes including the Young Turks.
