Western Armenia is the Western part of the Armenians Highlands, which is today lying in the territory of Turkey. The Armenian Genocide (1915-1923) was preceded by Turkish massacres of Armenians in 1909 and 1894-1896, during which hundreds of thousands of Armenians were murdered.
Palu, Armenia (now occupied by Turkey) Armenians and Turks in the town of Palu Palu town’s three Turkish and four Armenian … Continue reading Genocide in the district of Palu. Prior to the genocide…Palu, Armenia (now occupied by Turkey)
Massacres of Ergani. Massacres of Ergani were massacres that took place in the Diyarbekir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire between the years of 1894 and … Continue reading Armenian Genocide in Arghni/Ergani
In a notable speech in Jerusalem, Armenian Patriarch Shnork Kalousdian of Constantinople, for the first time, officially addresses the … Continue reading The Armenian villages of Sassoun after the genocide
A stone cenotaph in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, commemorates this tragic event: the Medz Yeghern, or “great catastrophe,” of…Edit”1.8 … Continue reading 1.8 MILLION ARMENIANS—SOME say more, some say less—were killed a century ago in the Ottoman Empire, the predecessor of modern Turkey.
The Ottoman Empire killed over 1,500,000 Armenians, Greeks, Assyrian-Chaldean-Syriacs and others, exiled the Armenians from their historic homeland, and deported … Continue reading Armenian Genocide
ARAPGIR: The Armenian Heritage of Arapgir in Present-Day Eastern Turkey Based on the photos displayed in this Harput/Kharpert section, it turns … Continue reading ARAPGIR: The Armenian Heritage of Arapgir in Present-Day Eastern Turkey
Armenian genocide in Kemaliye/Egin Kemaliye (formerly Eğin) (Armenian: Ակն, Romanized Old Armenian: Akn, meaning “spring”) is both a town in and one of the nine districts of Erzincan Province in … Continue reading Armenian genocide in Kemaliye/Egin
Deportations from the Kazas of Refahiye In the kaza of Refahiye/Gerjanis, the eradication of the Armenians began on 3 June 1915. … Continue reading Deportations from the Kazas of Refahiye
The Armenian Genocide and the Kemah Massacres of 1915 For decades the question of Armenian property within the context of the … Continue reading The Armenian Genocide and the Kemah Massacres of 1915
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE: The Kaza of Kıği/Kghi In the 50 Armenian villages of the kaza of Kıği, with a total Armenian population … Continue reading ARMENIAN GENOCIDE: The Kaza of Kıği/Kghi
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