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Position:Home>History> Question on the Armenian Genocide.?Question: Question on the Armenian Genocide!.!? What reason did the Ottoman Empire have to go in and kill so many Armenians/Greeks for!? I can understand why they may of wanted to kill some Greeks but i never heard a real answer on why they attempted to kill the Armenians!. Im not trying to start a argument or a conversation about the Jews either!. I just want an answer, thanksWww@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: This is a link to frequently asked questions about Armenian Genocide, open and read!. http://www!.armenian-genocide!.org/genocid!.!.!. After the end of World War 1 and the defeat of the Central Powers ((Germany and Ottoman)), the Ottoman empire and its government disintegrated!. The members of the ruling government and the Committee of Union and Progress escaped from the country and were sentenced to death in their absence!. Mustafa Kemal Pasha (Ataturk) appeared and established the Republic of Turkey, changing the capital from Constantinople to Ankara!. For a short while, he confessed the acts and crimes of the Young Turks, holding them accountable for the Armenian Genocide, but very soon he held the way of his forefathers!. Between 1920-1923, he massacred or exiled the Armenians, who, after the war was finished, had returned to their homeland hopeful of starting a new life!. So by this, Western Armenia (Ottoman Armenia), a land which was counted as the Armenian homeland for more than 3500 years, disappeared from geographical maps and today is counted a part of Turkey!. Western Armenia And Modern Armenia according to convention of Sevres Armenian politicians in Eastern Armenia which fell under the rule of Communism and the USSR in 1920, were not allowed to speak publicly of the Genocide and Western Armenia!. The USSR even gave some parts of Eastern Armenia (( The cities of Kars and Ardahan )) to Turkey!. Ararat mountain, which is the symbol of Armenia, is located in Turkey!. Thus Eastern Armenia, till the year 1991, when it again became independent, was unable to do anything effective as regarding the recognition of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 by other nations!. Today the government of Turkey also destroys the churches, villages, petroglyphs, and every thing which is a testament to the existence of Armenians in those regions!. Sometimes the history of these buildings and churches goes back to over 1500 years ago!. Turkey, because of being a member of NATO and an ally of the United States, settled the military bases of NATO in the east- Armenians' ancestral lands to confront the forces of the former USSR!. Nowadays most of the countries have recognized and condemned the Armenian Genocide in 1915!. France and Italy are two of the last countries whose parliaments have recognized the Armenian Genocide in Turkey!. Presently the Armenian delegates in the parliament of the Islamic Republic of Iran are going to present a plan asking for recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide 1915 by the ruling government of Turkey as the first genocide of 20th century!. Please open this link and you will see the related websites and any Q you have will be solved!. http://www!.ourararat!.com/eng/e_link!.htm Www@QuestionHome@Com The Armenians were Christians (mostly Catholic, I beleive) whilst the Turks were Muslim!. The Armenians had little rights under the Islamic rule of the Ottoman Empire!. In the early 1900s a group began called the Young Turks who wanted to Europeanize the Ottoman Empire!. This happened for a short while until Turkish military and Islamic students retaliated!. At first, they only attacked the Young Turk revolutionaries, but under the beleif that the Armenians had supported the Young Turk Revolution (they kinda did, but that's no excuse) they began pogroms agains them!. So, short answer: They were Catholic and helped out some revolutionaries!. Www@QuestionHome@Com The Turks claim that Armenians were supporting the Ottoman Empire's enemies leading up to WW I, which is not true!. You can tell from the size of the Armenian region before and after that the true purpose of the genocide was to gain the land that is now the easternmost part of Turkey--most of the Armenian residents of that area (their homeland for thousands of years) were killed!. The Kurds later moved into the region and the Turks are trying to get rid of them as well!. Www@QuestionHome@Com hi, i recommend to you these e-books about this issue and the correct word is the massacre not the genocide between two people in Anatolia!. 1) Dashnagtzoutiun Has Nothing To Do Anymore -Hovhannes Katchaznouni Manifesto The Manifesto of Hovhannes Katchaznouni First Prime Minister of the Independent Armenian Republic http://armenians-1915!.blogspot!.com/2006/!.!.!. 2)An Approach to Armenian Question by Prof Justin McCarthy http://armenians!.1915!.googlepages!.com/Fi!.!.!. 3)"Genocide Of Truth" by Sukru Server Aya, Based On Neutral or Anti-Turkish Sources http://armenians-1915!.blogspot!.com/2008/!.!.!. i hope , helps youWww@QuestionHome@Com |