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Suitan Adbul Hamin II comes to power
Hamin comes to power and tries to stop the revolutions within his empires. But was later overthrown by the Young Turks -
Young Turks come to Power
Reformers called "Young Turks" overthrow Sultan Abdul Hamid and establish a more modern constitutional government. Although Armenians were hoping to have a more constitutional government, they soon found out that the "Young Turks" planned to "Turkify" the empire and remove any threats. -
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Labeled
The Armenians were now labeled enemies of Muslim Turkey -
Defeated
Four Balkan States defeated the Ottoman Empire in 1912 -
Turco-German Alliance is formed
Turkey and Germany form the Turco-German Alliance in a secret treaty. This agreement gives Germany basically all control over the Ottoman military forces. -
Ottoman Empire enters World War I
Ottoman forces bomb Russian Black Sea ports
This makes them officially part of World War I siding with Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire -
A Proclamation of Jihad is issued
Ottoman religious authorities in Constantinople issue a Proclamation of Jihad against England, France, and Russia. A holy war is declared on all Christians except their allies. -
First Attacks on Armenians Begin
Armenians are accused of planning to join Russian troops. The village of Otsni in Erzerum Province is attacked.The local priest is killed and so are many other civilians also others in the same providence are attacked as well. -
The Beginning of Deportations
The first convoy of Armenian deportees leaves the city of Zeitun, headed to either the Konia Desert in central Anatolia or to Der-el-Zor in the Syrian Desert. Deportations soon begin leaving from other cities as well, but most deportees are killed during the trip there. -
Turkish forces surround the city of Van.
Turkish come to Armenia under a surprise attack. Armenians organize a defense that lasts until advance units of the Russian army, led by Armenian volunteers, arrive in May. The Russian forces identify around 55,000 Armenian dead in the province. -
First official phase of the Armenian massacres begin
Hundreds of intellectuals are arrested in Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire. They are later murdered. This event marks the official beginning of the Armenian genocide -
Turkey informs the U.S,
US Ambassador Henry Morganthau informed the Us government of the activities of the Ottoman government and asked for it to intervene. -
Russian forces occupy Armenian regions of the Ottoman Empire
Russian forces take over all Armenian regions. However, most Armenians have been deported or murdered at this point. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk returns Armenia to the Ottoman Empire
Soviet Union signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Soviets are forced to return all of Ottoman Armenia and part of Russian Armenia to the collapsing Ottoman Empire. -
An Armenian Republic is formed
Armenia declares an independent republic in Russian Transcaucasia -
The Ottoman Empire surrenders
The Ottoman Empire surrenders to Allied powers.
An agreement brings Armenian deportees home. -
A court martial is convened in Constantinople
A number of leaders are found guilty and sentenced to death for their involvement in the genocide -
One of the Three Pashas is killed in Berlin
Killed by a lone gunman in Berlin. The gunman claims temporary insanity due to the mass killings,The other leaders are soon assassinated as well. -
Turkish Army pillages Smyrna
The advance guard of the Turkish Army enters Smyrna in Anatolia and pillages Armenian and Greek homes and stores. Thousands of Greeks and Armenians are killed, and the city is later burned. Some historians mark this as the last massacre in the Armenian genocide. -
Mustafa Atakurk
Atakurk came to power and released all prisoners found guilty of war crimes including the Young Turks
