1. By Megan McArthur & Laura Feener

2.  Introduction-Armenia as a country  Basics of the genocide  Turkey & the genocide  Controversies  Losses  Reparations  Comparing Armenia to Holocaust  Our letters  Conclusion-Commemoration

3.  Mountainous country in Eurasia  Democratic nation  1 st state to adopt Christianity  Have own unique alphabet  Former republic of Soviet Union  Close partner of Russia

4. Definition of Genocide: The deliberate systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group.

5.  Carried out by “young Turks” in 1915-16  1.5 million people killed  Systematic fashion  Known as the Great Crime  Started April 24 1915  Denied by Turkey

6.  Turkey denies the Genocide  Turkey committed the genocide  1 Turkish gov’t recognized as a genocide  Says the killings were not deliberate  Retired ambassadors think Turkey should apologize

7.  Scholarly, diplomatic, political, legal  Hate campaigns and threats  Turkish ambassadors protested monuments

8.  Cultural, religious, historical  Destroyed churches and monasteries  Lost wealth & property without compensation  Schools, hospitals etc Turkish property

9.  The United Nations Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law  Sèvres Treaty  Lawsuits

10.  Were told being relocated  Marched off to concentration camps  Died of thirst and starvation  Denied food and water during march  Brutalized and killed by guards

11.  Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs  United States Memorial Holocaust Museum  The White House  Canadian Government  American Consulate Ottawa  American Consulate in States  CBC  The Spectator  Ellen

12.  Memorials  Many in different countries  Representation in Popular Cultures  Represented in different art

13. Thank You