The Los Angeles Times
Back story: Armenian genocide
October 11, 2007
The back story
Between 1915 and 1923, as many as 1.5 million Armenians were killed in
eastern Turkey as the region was engulfed in the violence of World War
I and the crumbling of the Ottoman Empire. Substantial evidence and
authoritative research support the conclusion that they were victims
of a genocide, murdered by Turkish forces or killed by exposure to
harsh weather and disease during forced deportations. Turks insist
there was no government- sponsored program to eliminate Armenians.
They maintain that massive numbers of Armenians, and Turks, died in
the chaos of war and in an uprising staged by Armenians seeking to
take advantage of a government weakened by World War I.
Source: na-genocidebox11oct11,1,3516314.story?ctrack=4& ;cset=true
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
