The Armenian Genocide During World War I
Armenian Genocide
The Armenian genocide was a horrible genocide that lasted between 1915 to 1923. During World War I, killing Armenians was the official policy of Ottoman rulers, who suspected Armenians of supporting Imperial Russia, one of their longest standing rivalries. The Armenian genocide was initiated by the Young Turks government of World War I. In 1915, over two hundred prominent, educated, and influential Armenian leaders of Constantinople were arrested and soon after were cruelly executed and their bodies were left hanging in public squares. In this genocide American and European missionaries risked their lives in an effort to protect thousands of Armenians. Out of all the classifications in this research paper all but Symbolization and Polarization was used.
Classification
The two main parties that were involved in this genocide were the Turkish government (which was part of the Ottoman Empire) and the Armenians. In the 1890s, as the Ottoman Empire lost land to Russia, Abdul Hamid II, responded to increasing calls for equal rights for Armenians by sacking towns and killing 300,000 Armenians. He was overthrown in 1908 by the Young Turkish government headed by Talat Pasha. In 1915 Talaat Pasha, in a wave of paranoia, hatred and …show more content…
Of the genocide survivors from Western Armenia, 500,000 to 800,000 refugees found themselves as part of the Diaspora and sought refuge outside of their historical homeland. Turkish soldiers took all males ages twelve and older from their villages and executed most of them. They sent women, children, and the elderly to concentration camps and the deserts, allowing them to starve by the ten of thousands. About 200,000 were forcibly converted to Islam and had their names changed. To this day, Turkey’s government refuses to recognize the mass killings as genocide because five million perished during the war with Muslims, Christians, and
The Armenian genocide was a horrible genocide that lasted between 1915 to 1923. During World War I, killing Armenians was the official policy of Ottoman rulers, who suspected Armenians of supporting Imperial Russia, one of their longest standing rivalries. The Armenian genocide was initiated by the Young Turks government of World War I. In 1915, over two hundred prominent, educated, and influential Armenian leaders of Constantinople were arrested and soon after were cruelly executed and their bodies were left hanging in public squares. In this genocide American and European missionaries risked their lives in an effort to protect thousands of Armenians. Out of all the classifications in this research paper all but Symbolization and Polarization was used.
Classification
The two main parties that were involved in this genocide were the Turkish government (which was part of the Ottoman Empire) and the Armenians. In the 1890s, as the Ottoman Empire lost land to Russia, Abdul Hamid II, responded to increasing calls for equal rights for Armenians by sacking towns and killing 300,000 Armenians. He was overthrown in 1908 by the Young Turkish government headed by Talat Pasha. In 1915 Talaat Pasha, in a wave of paranoia, hatred and …show more content…
Of the genocide survivors from Western Armenia, 500,000 to 800,000 refugees found themselves as part of the Diaspora and sought refuge outside of their historical homeland. Turkish soldiers took all males ages twelve and older from their villages and executed most of them. They sent women, children, and the elderly to concentration camps and the deserts, allowing them to starve by the ten of thousands. About 200,000 were forcibly converted to Islam and had their names changed. To this day, Turkey’s government refuses to recognize the mass killings as genocide because five million perished during the war with Muslims, Christians, and