Evidence of the Armenian Genocide

The Armenian genocide was a systematic eradication of the Armenian population who lived under the Ottoman government. The genocide took place before and after World War I and it was set out in two phases. The first phase was to kill all able bodied men by massacre and forced labor. The second phase was to deport women, children, and the elderly and make them walk through the Syrian Desert in which a lot of people died from lack of food, water and the climate. The total population that had died was between one and one and a half million. Despite the high death rates, Turkey still denies the Armenian genocide took place. The evidence that the genocide took place is that one and a half million of Armenians died, the Armenian genocide is documented in national archives of many nations, and lastly, many countries have recognized the Armenian genocide, Turkey being an obvious exception. No country wants to admit horrendous crimes committed against humanity such as genocide. It will leave a bad impression and create shame for the country as long as history remains.

One and a Half Million Deaths of the Armenians
After the First World War, Turkey killed nearly the entire Armenian population that lived under the Ottoman Empire. It started when the Armenians joined the Russian forces and attacked the Turkish troops. In 1914, the Turks confiscated the weapons of the Armenian Turkish troops and put them through hard labor and were used as human pack animals. Through all this, many of the men died and the ones that survived were soon shot to death. The idea to eradicate the entire Armenian population came from the three people who were in power at the time, Mehmed Talaat, Ismail Enver and Ahmed Djemal. They sent the orders to exterminate the...

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... countries. Canada passing a resolution about the Armenian genocide proves how Canada thinks the genocide happened. Another country that recognizes the genocide and has a passed a resolution about it is Germany. Here is a piece of the statement from Germany’s resolution, (translation from German to English),
The German Bundestag honors and commemorates the victims of violence, murder and expulsion among the Armenian people before and during the First World War. The Bundestag deplores the deeds of the Young Turkish government in the Ottoman Empire which have resulted in the almost total annihilation of the Armenians in Anatolia.

When so many countries believe that the genocide occurred and passed resolutions on it, it most likely did occur. Turkey denying the genocide does not really make it believable because Turkey is the country where the genocide took place.