Armenian Genocide JACKIE LEE JUAN SIQUINAJAY KAREN AYALA

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

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 http: //www. armenian-genocide. org

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 http: //www. armenian-genocide. org

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 http: //www. armenian-genocide. org http: //www. thecuttingedgenews. com

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 1918 http: //www. armenian-genocide. org http: //swilliamsjd. wordpress. com/

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 http: //www. armenian-genocide. org/

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 http: //www. armenian-genocide. org/

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 http: //www. armenian-genocide. org/ http: //www. umd. umich. edu

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 http: //www. armenian-genocide. org/ http: //www. umd. umich. edu