Armenian Genocide Research Paper

Malik Browne Mrs.Threatt English 10, Period 4 30 April 2024 The massacre of the Armenian Empire

Early twentieth century: when World War I took place; just what kind of atrocities happened during that time period that we don’t talk about. The Armenian Genocide was the first genocide of the twentieth century. It started in 1915 and ended in 1916. At the beginning of the twentieth century, there were 2.5 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. The Hamidian massacres served as a sort of trial run for the Armenian Genocide. It’s important to bring awareness to the cultural, economic, and political impacts of the Armenian genocide in order to understand why there should never be another genocide again. The Armenian genocide had almost accomplished …show more content…
This is significant because most of the Armenian population was either living in the Ottoman empire or had some kind of relation to it. Since ninety percent of the population died, that equated to more than one million Armenians dying. Most of the Armenians who survived had either converted to Islam or just abandoned Armenian culture altogether. YALE -. The reason this is important to know is because after most of the population was killed, the rest had to abandon their culture just to survive. The abandonment / conversion of cultures contributed to the genocide because even though the remaining population wasn’t killed they lost their Armenian culture, so in a way the genocide still worked. Another example of the loss of Armenian culture is the fact that for decades, the remaining Armenians from around the world struggled for recognition (Minnesota). This challenge of being recognized and represented is even more proof of how the Armenian genocide pretty much obliterated the Armenian culture. The eradication of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire messed up its economy. One example is the fact that most Armenians were poor, but the ones who …show more content…
The Turkish government was under so much blame that they ended up killing one hundred fifty Turkish men that were implicated in the genocide (Minnesota). This goes to show how even though there weren’t many, if any, Armenian people participating in the Ottoman Empire’s politics, they still ended up having a great effect on the Turkish government. In order to foster the hate toward Armenians, the Young Turks blamed Armenians for the worst Ottoman defeat in the war (Minnesota). This was another way the Turkish government had tried to foster hate and disdain for the Armenian population because they did not like the Armenian people’s success. Another effect on the political side of things is the fact that the international community was aware of everything that was happening in Turkey, and all the aid groups that they created ended up raising more than one hundred million dollars for Armenian refugees (Minnesota). This shows how no matter how hard the Turkish government tried to hide the atrocities being committed against the Armenian population, the world was still able to be aware of what was happening and tried to support Armenians anyway they could. The Armenian genocide did however, lead to the definition

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