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The Turkish government divides Western Armenia administratively into separate vilayets of Erzerum, Garin, Kharput, Diarbekir, Dersim, Bitlis (Baghesh), Van, Hekyari and Sivas (Sebastia).
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Alleging provocative actions by Armenians, Turkish armed forces and Turkish mobs attack Armenians in Garin (Erzerum). Hundreds of Armenians are killed.
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The Armenians of Vardenis in Taron are robbed by Turks and their village is destroyed.
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10,000 Armenians are killed and 74 Armenian villages are destroyed in Sassun. Many children were killed.
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Mass obliteration of Armenians takes place in Trebizond and its villages. Children of Sassun share the same fate.
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In Zklus, 200 Armenians are killed; in Amasia, 100; and in Aleppo, 1000.
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In the city of Mush and its villages, many children were killed
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Mothers and children are cut down by sword in Sassun's Spaghanak villages by sudden attacks late at night.
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1,080 Armenian shops were burned
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House searches begin
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Armenian males of 15-45 ages were recruited to Army
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Telegram sent out declaring all Armenian children must be deported
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2350 churches and monasteries were looted and destroyed
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All Armenian children must be given Turkish names
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A significant portion of Armenian children succumbed to severe hardships during the Armenian Genocide. In the order of Talaat, the Minister of the Interior of the Ottoman Empire was told: “All the Armenians in the country who are Ottoman subjects, from five years of age upwards, are to be taken out of the towns and slaughtered”.
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1500 schools and colleges were ruined
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20,000 Armenians in the city of Aleppo are reported in extreme distress. Families are seperated.
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In Aleppo District, 45,000 Armenian deportees are reported living in dire conditions. Of these, 10,000 were women, while the rest were mainly orphaned children.
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2,000 Armenians were deported from Marash
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Armenians are forced to become Turkish citizens
