Why did the Armenian Genocide Happen?

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During the early stages of World War I, members of the Armenian race began to deal with racial prejudice from the Turks that soon resulted in a genocide. The term genocide refers to the deliberate destruction of a nationality or an ethnic group. Part of the Ottoman Empire in 1915, Turkey made goals to remove the ethnic Armenians prominent, and initiative was taken to eliminate the enemies forever. Between the years of 1915 and 1923, the Armenian population went from nearly two million down to one million people. The Turks were located between two bodies of water, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, while Armenia was located directly to the east. Next to the Armenians were the Russians. In addition, some of the battles that occurred throughout World War I took place in Armenian territory. Many ethnic Armenians were brutally relocated into deserts and other areas, although many harsh acts by the Ottomans resulted in death.
Much like the Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide involved the use of concentration camps and violations against natural and human rights. Through the methods of destroying the Armenians, many of them were burnt, drowned in the Black Sea, or poisoned. Despite these horrific events, the Armenian Genocide remained as an undiscussed topic worldwide because once a genocide became evident, other nations were expected to step up and help. In a matter of a few years, the Armenian population had decreased by nearly half of their population due to the uncivil acts of displacement, murders, famine, and more. The Armenian Genocide took place because the Turks felt the Armenians were jeopardising their power because their religion conflicted with the nations bordering them, the Armenians were demanding an abundance o...

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