How many people died in armenian genocide by Ottoman Empire authorities?
Armenians mark anniversary of Ottoman-era mass killings by Mariam Harutunian Mariam Harutunian Fri Apr 24, 4:31 pm ET EREVAN (AFP) – Thousands of Armenians on Friday marked the 94th anniversary of mass killings under the Ottoman Empire amid signs that decades of tensions with Turkey may be easing. US President Barack Obama made a much awaited statement to mark the day in which he avoided using the politically charged term “genocide” to describe the deaths. Thousands attended a hilltop memorial in Yerevan to commemorate the killings that began in 1915 and led to a mass exodus of Armenians from what is now eastern Turkey. Armenians insist the killings constituted genocide and the issue has caused almost a century of tension with Turkey, which strongly rejects the label. But this year’s commemorations came as Armenia and Turkey have been edging towards reconciliation. The two countries this week announced a “road map” for talks that could lead to the normalising of ties and the opening of
The Armenian Genocide (Armenian: Հայոց Ցեղասպանություն, translit.: Hayoc’ C’eġaspanowt’yowt’; Turkish: Ermeni Soykırımı), also known as the Armenian Holocaust, the Armenian Massacres and, by Armenians, as the Great Calamity, Մեծ Եղեռն, Meç Eġeṙt’, Armenian pronunciation: [Mɛtsʼ jɛʁɛrn]), refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction (genocide) of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I. It was characterised by the use of massacres, and the use of deportations involving forced marches under conditions designed to lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of Armenian deaths generally held to have been between one and one-and-a-half million. Other ethnic groups were similarly attacked by the Empire during this period, including Assyrians and Greeks, and some scholars consider the events to be part of the same policy of extermination. It is widely acknowledged to have been one of the first modern genocides, as many Western sourc
