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The Armenian Genocide of 1915 was a meticulously planned and organized atrocity, which would set the stage for many subsequent genocidal campaigns. This monstrous event resulted in the deaths of up to 1.5 million Armenians, making it one of the most heinous acts of the 20th century.

Beginning in 1894 and continuing until 1924, three waves of violence targeted Christian minorities in Anatolia, which had previously made up a significant 20% of the population. By the end of the violence, the Armenian population had dwindled to just 2%, while the Greeks and Assyrians also suffered mass killings.

The Ottoman authorities, aided by auxiliary powers and hired outlaws, systematically persecuted and murdered Armenians within the Ottoman Empire. In 1915, the Ottoman government, under the control of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), also known as the Young Turks, aimed to establish Turkish Muslim dominance in central and eastern Anatolia by wiping out the Armenian population living in the Armenian Highlands.

Despite over a century having passed since the deportations and mass murders, the history of the Armenian Genocide remains distorted and falsified by state-sponsored efforts. To this day, the Turkish government and its proxies deny the Armenian Genocide by either rejecting the existence of proof materials related to the systematic annihilation of Armenians in 1915 or by attempting to obfuscate the content of such archival records when they are forced to acknowledge them.

For years, the Turkish denialist school has claimed that the documents and memoirs related to the Armenian Genocide are forgeries produced by Armenians to advance their claims. However, the majority of scholars, historians, human rights lawyers, and academics specializing in genocide, Holocaust, and war crimes have confirmed the Armenian Genocide as a historical fact. Only a fringe group of historians represent the Turkish government’s denialist narrative.

The efforts to deny or distort the history of the Genocide are carefully documented here. What is most disturbing is how little the non-Armenian public, even in academic circles, knows about it and how a few writers have managed to falsify or trivialize the events of 1915— 1916. In fact, the number of deniers is quite small—the most prominent in this account being Sanford Shaw, Justin McCarthy, Heath Lowry, and Bernard Lewis—but their influence is great by virtue of a pernicious alliance with the official campaign of falsification by the government of Turkey. Sadly, scholars of the Genocide have been required to spend much of their intellectual energy on refuting the claims of pseudo-scholarship, while a mere handful have turned to the hard work of explaining what happened in 1915—1916 and why. [1]Medding, P., 2003. Jews and violence. New York: Oxford University Press. Page 260.

Thanks to the abundance of Western archival materials, it is now possible to reconstruct with remarkable accuracy what happened during this time period. The authenticity of these materials is founded on an extensive collection of historical documentation from a variety of countries,including Britain, France, Russia, the United States, Germany, Denmark, Turkey, and others. This documentation includes photos and eyewitness accounts.

While we acknowledge and value the importance of Armenian perspectives, including firsthand accounts, archives, and the emotional testimony of Armenian Genocide survivors, the content of this website primarily draws upon non-Armenian Western academic sources, as well as newly deciphered telegrams and archival records. Our aim is to provide a comprehensive and unbiased overview of the Armenian Genocide, informed by rigorous research and analysis from a diverse range of experts and sources. By incorporating a variety of viewpoints and evidence, we hope to offer a nuanced understanding of this tragic event and its ongoing impact on Armenians and global history.

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↑1 Medding, P., 2003. Jews and violence. New York: Oxford University Press. Page 260.