Children of the Genocide

Children are seperated

Oct 18, 1886

The Turkish government divides Western Armenia administratively into separate vilayets of Erzerum, Garin, Kharput, Diarbekir, Dersim, Bitlis (Baghesh), Van, Hekyari and Sivas (Sebastia).

Mob killings

Jun 18, 1890

Alleging provocative actions by Armenians, Turkish armed forces and Turkish mobs attack Armenians in Garin (Erzerum). Hundreds of Armenians are killed.

Villages destroyed

Jan 1, 1891

The Armenians of Vardenis in Taron are robbed by Turks and their village is destroyed.

Sassun

Aug 1, 1894

10,000 Armenians are killed and 74 Armenian villages are destroyed in Sassun. Many children were killed.

Trebizond

Oct 5, 1895

Mass obliteration of Armenians takes place in Trebizond and its villages. Children of Sassun share the same fate.

Zklus

Nov 28, 1895

In Zklus, 200 Armenians are killed; in Amasia, 100; and in Aleppo, 1000.

Mush

Sep 3, 1896

In the city of Mush and its villages, many children were killed

Spaghanak

Aug 17, 1900

Mothers and children are cut down by sword in Sassun's Spaghanak villages by sudden attacks late at night.

shops burned

Aug 18, 1914

1,080 Armenian shops were burned

House Searches

May 3, 1915

House searches begin

Army

Oct 18, 1915

Armenian males of 15-45 ages were recruited to Army

Deportation

Dec 11, 1915

Telegram sent out declaring all Armenian children must be deported

Churches

Aug 17, 1916

2350 churches and monasteries were looted and destroyed

Children

Sep 3, 1916

All Armenian children must be given Turkish names

Children of the Gen/ Orphans

Oct 24, 1916

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”.

Schools

Nov 20, 1916

1500 schools and colleges were ruined

Aleppo

Mar 15, 1917

20,000 Armenians in the city of Aleppo are reported in extreme distress. Families are seperated.

Aleppo District

Mar 20, 1917

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.

Deported

May 27, 1917

2,000 Armenians were deported from Marash

Turk

Jun 1, 1917

Armenians are forced to become Turkish citizens