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Armenian Genocide
Overview of the history and controversy surrounding the Armenian Genocide.
During 1915 and 1916, the Young Turk government of the Ottoman Empire forcibly removed the Armenian population from their homes in eastern Anatolia.12
Under the pretext that their presence near the front lines of World War I posed a national security threat, Armenian civilians were marched through the mountains and valleys of the region toward concentration camps located in the deserts of Syria and Mesopotamia.13
This systematic campaign of deportation and mass murder resulted in the deaths of an estimated 600,000 to 1,500,000 people, who perished due to starvation, disease, and direct violence during the forced marches and in the camps. The international community widely recognizes these events as genocide.123