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Greg Bedian
Genocide Education Network of Illinois
Do Now
1) Name one neighboring country to Armenia
2) What is the majority religion amongst the
Armenians?
3) During what major global conflict did the
Armenian Genocide occur?
Historic Armenia
Republic of Armenia
Background on Armenia
Seeds of Genocide
The Ottoman Empire was in decline, losing
territory, wealth, and influence
Some Armenians resisted this mistreatment and
agitated for reforms
Perpetrators of the
Armenian Genocide
Talaat Pasha
Interior Minister
Enver Pasha
Minister of War
Jemal Pasha
Minister of the Navy
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Hundreds of Armenian
intellectuals in Constantinople,
Symrna, and elsewhere are
arrested and later killed
With its able-bodied men in the
Army, and without its leadership,
the Armenian population was
defenseless
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Bursa
Reaction to Genocide
Armenians
Most didnt know what was happening until it was too late
Church leaders urged villagers not to give in to provocations
Some organized self-defense or fled
Foreigners
125,000
Pre-Genocide: 1914
Post-Genocide: 1926
Sivas
Erzerum
Mamuret-Ulaziz
Bitlis
Van
Diyarbakir
Sivas
Erzerum
Mamuret-Ulaziz
Bitlis
Van
Diyarbakir
225,000
215,000
204,000
198,000
197,000
124,000
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