ARMENIAN GENOCIDE - APRIL 24, 1915
On April 24, 1915, the Turkish government issued an order for the extermination of the Armenian people in their own land, where they had lived for centuries. On that date, writers, composers, intellectuals and priests were rounded up and killed.
Their death presaged the murder of an ancient civilization. April 24 is therefore commemorated as the date of the unfolding of the Armenian Genocide.
Between the years 1895 and 1923 the Armenian people was subjected to deportation, expropriation, abduction, torture, massacre, and starvation. The great bulk of the Armenian population was forcibly removed from Armenia and Anatolia to Syria, where the vast majority was sent into the desert to die of thirst and hunger.
Large numbers of Armenians were methodically massacred throughout the Ottoman Empire. Women and children were abducted and horribly abused. The entire wealth of the Armenian people was expropriated. In total 1500000 Armenian were killed during the genocide.
Their death presaged the murder of an ancient civilization. April 24 is therefore commemorated as the date of the unfolding of the Armenian Genocide.
Between the years 1895 and 1923 the Armenian people was subjected to deportation, expropriation, abduction, torture, massacre, and starvation. The great bulk of the Armenian population was forcibly removed from Armenia and Anatolia to Syria, where the vast majority was sent into the desert to die of thirst and hunger.
Large numbers of Armenians were methodically massacred throughout the Ottoman Empire. Women and children were abducted and horribly abused. The entire wealth of the Armenian people was expropriated. In total 1500000 Armenian were killed during the genocide.