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A Turkish boycott of Armenian businesses is declared by the Ittihadists. Dr. Nazim travels throughout the provinces to implement the boycott
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300 Armenians arrested on May 10 in Diyarbekir are murdered while in custody.
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Negotiations are started between the Turkish and German Imperial governments.
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Germany declares war on Russia. Beginning of World War I.
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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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The beginning of a series of isolated murders to terrorize the Armenian population.
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Tahir Jevdet, the governor-general of Van Province, is reported saying that the government must begin finishing the Armenians in Van at once.
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An attack by chetes on the village of Purk near Shabin-Karahisar results in looting, murder, rape.
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In the village of Chomaklu in Kayseri Province and in other places, the government demands all weapons from the Armenians.
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The British decide to attack the Dardanelles
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Greek recruits are massacred near Smyrna
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Thirty more Armenian community leaders are arrested in Zeitun.
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Widespread attacks on, and looting of, Armenian villages in Bitlis and Erzerum Provinces are fed by the accusation that the Armenians caused the war.
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Russian citizens of Armenian origin are arrested in Constantinople.
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The New York Times reports that the Young Turks had adopted a policy to annihilate the Armenians.
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The third convoy of Armenians departs from Erzinjan.
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Twelve Armenian community leaders are publicly hanged in Sivas.
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The male members of 800 Armenian families in the town of Kharput are killed.
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The seventh anniversary of the 1908 restoration of the liberal Constitution of 1876 is celebrated
