ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

• 1. Define genocide.


  • the mass murder of a group of people based upon nationality, religion, ethnicity, or race with the intent to exterminate the whole group
• 1. What were millets?


  • religious communities
• 1. Why did the Ottoman rulers begin to view Armenians as a threat?

  • russia was a long-time threat to the ottoman empire and the armenians were living right on russian boarder. the ottoman empore believed the armenians would turn against them if russia and the ottoman empire ever went to war
• 1. Why did tension between Armenians and the state increase with the establishment of the new Young Turk government?

  • young turks were jealous of the armenians and thought the armenians were financially and literacy better than them 
• How did the international community respond to the genocide of Armenians?

  1. there were condemnations and protests from some countries and organizations, such as the United States and the League of Nations, but no significant action was taken to prevent or stop the genocide while it was ongoing
  2. some nations provided humanitarian aid to Armenian survivors, but there was no coordinated effort to hold the perpetrators accountable or provide meaningful support to the armenian people
• Armenian Genocide


  • Illustrates how nationalist ideologies and ethnic tensions can escalate into violence and persecution against minority groups
  • Similar dynamics have been observed in other genocides and mass atrocities, where the demonization of particular ethnic or religious groups has led to systematic discrimination and violence
• Armenian Genocide

  • Influenced by geopolitical interests, particularly the desire of the Ottoman Empire to consolidate power and eliminate perceived internal threats
  • Reflects a recurring pattern in other conflicts where political leaders exploit ethnic or religious differences for their own gain, leading to violence and atrocities
• International response to Armenian Genocide


  • Inadequate, underscoring the challenges of preventing and responding to mass atrocities
  • Despite widespread awareness of the atrocities, there was a lack of political will to intervene, leading to impunity for the perpetrators and further emboldening future perpetrators of genocide and crimes against humanity
• Legacy of Armenian Genocide

  • Includes intergenerational trauma among survivors and their descendants
  • Ongoing denial and distortion of historical facts by the Turkish government
  • Importance of acknowledging and confronting past atrocities to prevent their recurrence in the future
• 1. To what extent did World War I cause the Armenian Genocide?


  • wwi broke out and the ottomans were on the central allied side while russia was on the triple entendre… since armenians were on the boarder, and the ottomans prior fear the armenians would turn on them if a war ever came, the turks renewed old beliefs
• • turks also believe armenians are ruining the turkic ethnic community of the ottoman empire
• • a rumor went around in the ottoman empire that the armenians are ab to revolt agaisnt them and that js made everything worse