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Ottoman Constitution is promoted
Written and approved by the Young Turks, the new Ottoman Constitution was approved. -
The Turks Killed 30,000 Armenians
Although the Turks were responsible of killing many Armenians, the Armenians still trusted the Young Turks. -
Killed Before Escaping
Before being able to to escape, the Turks found them and had killed 100,000 Armenians. -
Armenian Soilders disarmed
Though serving in the Turkish Army, Armenians were disarmed, placed in labor battalions, and killed. -
Pushing the armenian people out was Justified
The Armenians were deported in some communities, Armenian schools were closed, and propganda was used to justify the killing Armenians along with the deportation. Resistance was called "sedition." -
Given Orders to Kill
The leaders of the union committee gave orders to exterminate Armenians . -
Villages are Under Attack
Over 80 villages are gone in cities like Van and 24,000 Armenians were killed. -
Vandalized was justified
Property and stores specifically in the city of "Van" that were Armenian owned were vandalized. These orders were given by people in the Turkish goverment. -
Intellectals were killed first
Armenian civil leaders, doctors, lawyers, busnnessmen, etc. were targeted and killed first. They were looked as the foundation of the Armenian community; once they got rid of them, the weaker ones easier to kill. -
Deportation of Dyurt Yol's
the community of Dyurt Yol's is beginning to be deported and taken away. -
Armenian Property was Abandoned
A law was passed that states "instructions pertaining to property and real estate abandoned by the deported Armenians, consequences of the war and unusual political circumstances". This law meant that anypleace or anything that was abandoned became the Turkish Refugees property. -
The Massacre in Balu
More than 12,000 Armeenians that happen to be in the Turkish army were killed. -
Deported at Sharpin Garahisar
More deportations were happening at Shapin Garahiar. Although Armenians tried to fight back, they were killed in an instant. -
Publicly Executed
Publicly hung in Constantinople, 21 Leaders of a Turkish Army were killed. -
The Massacres Begin
In places such as Mush, Sassun and Bitlis vilayets massacres started to arise. -
Publicly Hung
Publicly hung in Constantinople, 21 Leaders of a Turkish Army were killed. -
Deportation of Smyrna, Brusa, Bartizak, Adabazar
Along with the other deportations, Smyrna, Brusa, Bartizak, and Adabazar were amongst the many places that they were deported and killed. -
Property was confiscated
Because Ottoman parliament was passed, the "Temporary Law of Expropriation and Confiscation" said that anything that was owned by Armenians was to be taken by authorities. -
Deportations from West Asia Minor and Cilicia.
Deportation continued from West Asia Minor and Cilicia. -
kidnaped, forced into marriage and muslim relgion
Women were kidnapped and forced into marriage and the muslim religion and culture. They were tattood and marked with dots or a small “x” . This signified protection, strength or fertility.They also represented new belonging and a marked change in their life.
