History UsefulNotes / TheArmenianGenocide

* In the ''WebVideo/ConfessionsDHistoire'' [['[[Recap/ConfessionsDHistoireEleanorAndConsequencesTheSecondCrusade episode]] about the [[UsefulNotes/TheCrusades Second Crusade]] in the 12th century, Bernard of Clairvaux pulls an ExternallyValidatedProphecy.

* ''[[Film/NineteenFifteen 1915]]'' (2015)

The Armenian Genocide was the deliberate, systemic mass murder of around 1 million Armenian Christian subjects of the [[UsefulNotes/{{Turkey}} Ottoman Empire]], along with hundreds of thousands of Greeks and Assyrians, around the time of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. The mass murder led to the creation of the word genocide, and led to a government being accused of crimes against humanity for the first time.

->''"You Armenians... never forgot where you live... you accursed ones have brought many perils on the head of our esteemed government... paved the way for foreign assault... You must know that the Young Turks have awakened now... Turkish youth... shall not delay the execution of their assigned duties... The Turkish sword to date has cut down millions of giavours, nor has it lost its intention to cut millions more hereafter. Know this that the Turks have committed themselves, and have vowed to subdue and to clean up the Armenian giavours who have become tubercular microbes for us." ''

Then in 1908, the Young Turk Revolution occured, and forced Hamid II to accept a new constitution. The Revolution was supported by many of the minorities within the Ottoman Empire including Armenians. Many factions supporting rights and autonomy for the peoples of the Empire.

However, Ataturk rejected the division of Anatolian Turkey among various powers and launched his war of independence. That, and the Azerbaijan and Armenian War, led to not only further deaths, but the eventual end of Armenian civilization in Anatolia.

The encroaching Soviet army, which formed an alliance with Ataturk, quickly erased the early Armenian Republic, and much of their lands were ceded to Turkey. In the final act of destruction in 1922, Smyrna, which had been the last stronghold of Greek forces in the war and the last remaining Greek communities in Asia Minor, was invaded and burned, with all its Greek and Armenian residents murdered or driven into exile.

Ataturk and his successors continued the precedent of Turkification set by the Pashas. Laws enacted by the Ataturk government continue to exclude and marginalize the remaining Greeks and Armenia communities. The government launched a pogrom against the Armenian and Greek communities in Istanbul in 1955. The Turkish government has continued to deny that a genocide ever occurred, and those who have tried to bring the facts to light can be imprisoned or even killed.


Turkey's coverup and the world's reluctance to do much against the new post Ottoman Turkey was also arguably one of the reasons why UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler felt he would not face any long term punishments for UsefulNotes/{{the Holocaust}}, though history told a different story with the Nazi perpetrators being brought to justice. Thus, many Armenians called for Nuremberg-style trials against still living perpetrators of the genocide, with modern Armenians now at least hoping for a rapprochement with Turkey that Germany took with the Jews.


As genocide [[http://genocidewatch.net/genocide-2/8-stages-of-genocide/ takes place in stages, as first defined by scholar Gregory H. Stanton]], and does not consist only of mass killings but any act with the long-term goal of eliminating an ethnic or religious minority and their history, one could argue Turkey’s policy of denial (the final stage of genocide), its continued persecution against non-Turkish minorities, and the anti-Armenian policies by both Turkey and its Turkic neighbor Azerbaijan, is a continuation of the genocide into modern times.

It's economy, administration, and soldiers increasingly fell behind the modern industrial powers of Western Europe.

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Armenian civilization is one of the oldest in the world, dating back a few thousand years, and had been placed under the control of various empires, from the Persians to the Ottomans.


By the 16th century, the Ottoman Empire came to rule Armenia. While Ottoman authorities more or less tolerated the Armenians, granting them autonomy and some religious freedom, Armenians were often persecuted by their Turkish and Kurdish neighbors, who saw them as second class citizens for not converting to Islam.

The Armenian Genocide was the deliberate, systemic mass murder of around 1 million Armenian Christian subjects of the [[UsefulNotes/{{Turkey}} Ottoman Empire]], along with hundreds of thousands of Greeks and Assyrians, around the time of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. The mass murder led to the creation of the word genocide, and led to a government being accused of crimes against humanity for the time.

The Armenian Genocide was the deliberate, systemic mass murder of around 1 million Armenian Christian subjects of the [[UsefulNotes/{{Turkey}} Ottoman Empire]], along with hundreds of thousands of Greeks and Assyrians, around the time of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. The mass murder led to the creation of the word genocide, and led to a government being accused of crimes against humanity.

Ataturk and his successors continued the precedent of Turkification set by the Pashas. Laws enacted by the Ataturk government continue to exclude and marginalize the remaining Greeks and Armenians. The government launched a pogrom against the Armenian and Greek communities in Istanbul in 1955. The Turkish government has continued to deny that a genocide ever occurred, and those who have tried to bring the facts to light can be imprisoned or even killed. Turkey's coverup and the world's reluctance to do much against the new post Ottoman Turkey was also arguably one of the reasons why UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler felt he would not face any long term punishments for UsefulNotes/{{the Holocaust}}, though history told a different story with the Nazi perpetrators being brought to justice. Thus, many Armenians called for Nuremberg-style trials against still living perpetrators of the genocide, with modern Armenians now at least hoping for a rapprochement with Turkey that Germany took with the Jews.

As genocide [[http://genocidewatch.net/genocide-2/8-stages-of-genocide/ takes place in stages, as first defined by scholar Gregory H. Stanton]], and does not consist only of mass killings but any act with the longterm goal of eliminating an ethnic or religious minority, one could argue Turkey’s policy of denial (the final stage of genocide), as well as its continued persecution against non-Turkish minorities as well as anti-Armenian rhetoric and policies by both Turkey and its Turkic neighbor Azerbaijan, is a continuation of the genocide into modern times.

The Turkish government has continued to deny that a genocide ever occurred, and those who have tried to bring the facts to light can be imprisoned or even killed. Turkey's coverup and the world's reluctance to do much against the new post Ottoman Turkey was also arguably one of the reasons why UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler felt he would not face any long term punishments for UsefulNotes/{{the Holocaust}}, though history told a different story with the Nazi perpetrators being brought to justice. Thus, many Armenians called for Nuremberg-style trials against still living perpetrators of the genocide, with modern Armenians now at least hoping for a rapprochement with Turkey that Germany took with the Jews.

As genocide [[http://genocidewatch.net/genocide-2/8-stages-of-genocide/ takes place in stages, as first defined by scholar Gregory H. Stanton]], and does not consist only of mass killings but any act with the longterm goal of eliminating an ethnic or religious minority, one could argue Turkey’s policy of denial (the final stage of genocide), as well as the anti-Armenian rhetoric and policies by both Turkey and its Turkic neighbor Azerbaijan, is a continuation of the genocide into modern times.

As genocide [[http://genocidewatch.net/genocide-2/8-stages-of-genocide/ takes place in stages, as first defined by scholar Gregory H. Stanton]], one could argue Turkey’s policy of denial (the final stage of genocide), as well as the anti-Armenian rhetoric and policies by both Turkey and its Turkic neighbor Azerbaijan, is a continuation of the genocide into modern times.

The Armenian Genocide was the deliberate, systemic mass murder of around 1 million Armenian Christian subjects of the [[UsefulNotes/{{Turkey}} Ottoman Empire]], along with hundreds of thousands of Greeks and Assyrians, round the time of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. As stated above, the mass murder led to the creation of the word genocide, and led to a government being accused of crimes against humanity.

* Music/SystemOfADown also have performed songs about the genocide.

[[caption-width-right:350:Notice the skulls]]

[[folder: Origins, Ottoman Armenia, pre-1800s]]

[[folder: The Sick Man of Europe and the Rise of Nationalism, mid-19th century]]

[[folder: Early Massacres and the Young Turks, 1890s-1913]]

[[folder: World War I and Caucasus Front, 1914-1915]]

[[folder: The Killing, 1915-1918]]

[[folder: The Turkish War of Independence, 1918-1923]]

[[folder: Aftermath]]

[[folder: Media about the Armenian Genocide]]

* ''Film/{{1915}}'' (2015)

* ''Film/{{Ararat}}''
* ''Film/{{The Promise|2016}}''

* Music/SystemOfADown also have songs about the genocide.

* Music/{{Sirusho}} -- several of her songs are about the genocide, while never saying that word outright.

The Armenian Genocide was the deliberate, systemic mass murder of around 1 million Armenian Christian subjects of the [[UsefulNotes/{{Turkey}} Ottoman Empire]], along with hundreds of thousands of Greek and Assyrians, round the time of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. As stated above, the mass murder led to the creation of the word genocide, and led to a government being accused of crimes against humanity.