Order to Exterminate all Armenian Males, Twelve Years and Over; German Gas Stockpile Growing Special to The Great War Project (17-20 April) The slaughter of the Armenians in Turkey continues unabated. On April 19th a century ago the killing is especially merciless in the town of Van in eastern Turkey. “By April 19th,” writes historian…
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SAVAGE VIOLENCE AGAINST ARMENIANS IN TURKEY
by Mike Shuster
Deportations Designed to Kill; Thousands on Death March Special to The Great War Project. (11-13 April) The circumstances of the Armenian population living in Ottoman Turkey continual to deteriorate. The murderous treatment of the Armenians in Turkey is not new. It has been going on for years. But now it is turning more and more…
ARMENIAN POPULATION OF TURKEY UNDER SIEGE
by Mike Shuster
Orders to Kill Men, Deport Women and Children Turks Blame Armenians for Losses Special to The Great War Project (8-10 April) The beginning of an enormous tragedy strikes the Armenian community living in Turkey. “The Turks,” writes historian Martin Gilbert, “bitter at their losses of men and land, blamed the local Armenian population for cooperating…