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To purify the Ottoman Empire, the Turks decided to try and erase the Armenian race. The Turks used the war to cover up the mass killings of Armenians and it worked for a little because everybody was worrying about the war. However, the Turks called it a civil war and not a genocide, but there are many things proving otherwise. The treatment of the Armenians is a genocide, despite Turkish claims, because the genocide process was evident, the government was involved, and it was done on a large scale. The treatment and killing of the Armenians defines a genocide, which is “an organized killing of people for the express purpose of putting an end to their existence.” (Doc. 1). Furthermore, the treatment of the Jewish people during their

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