JACKIE LEE, JUAN SIQUINAJAY, KAREN AYALA, FRANSISCO METALLICA Armenian Genocide

Historical Context Took place in Ottoman Empire, present day Turkey 1915 two million Armenians lived in the empire Government in Istanbul with Sultan dictator Ottoman Empire was a powerful state with a great economy for some time 1914 lost all land to Europe and Africa, decline in money Decline created tensions, contributed to ethnic tensions

Targets and Why Targeted Armenians who are Christian minority and non- Muslims, non-Islamic Blamed for the bad shape of the country People who did not want to participate in the blaming of non-Islamic people also killed

Execution of the Genocide 1908 group called Young Turks rose Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) emerged from Young Turks First deported all Armenians from homes, were told they were being resettled elsewhere Forced to walk in hot weather, most died along the way People who disobeyed were gruesomely killed with swords

Execution of Genocide Able-bodied and strong men mass executed in beginning, very little rebellion No provisions made to feed population; deliberate dehydration and starvation Survivors collected to walk in even hotter weather, killed in groups Armenian population frighteningly drops to almost nothing by

International Response Genocide was generally ignored for majority of the time News of Genocide created public outcry; May 1915, Britain, France, Russia and U.S. called for justice by punishing the Young Turks Despite later moral outrages, no strong actions put in tact Near East Relief: Group made after war to help surviving Armenians

Genocide Ending Even today, many are unsure of the ending because many believe there was no such genocide Young Turks were overthrown by new Turkish government and Armenians were set free from bondage

Justice Attempts Most leaders of genocide evaded justice; only few leaders such as Talaat, an important architect of the genocide, was put to death and some put in jail for lifetime sentence for crimes against humanity Issue was nearly dismissed until 30 years later where it was put to trial again

Justice Attempts Armenian Genocide is a controversial topic; many do not believe it happened and deny existence of events Rumors say Armenians also killed Turkish people in the same time period and that they lived luxuriously