1. Armenian apology campaign organizers threatened
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... showed to and the denial of the Great Calamity that befell the Ottoman Armenians in 1915. I reject this injustice and for my share, I empathize with the feelings and pain of my Armenian brothers. I apologize ...

2. Turkish Academics Apologize for the Armenian Genocide
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... million Armenians during the waning days of the Ottoman Empire, which modern Turkish governments have refused to characterize as genocide, The Guardian, a British newspaper, reported today. Academics ...

3. Rep. Royce: U.S. should go on record officially recognizing the Armenian Genocide
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... is because of the gravity of the subject of genocide. On April 24, 1915, the Ottoman Empire set out on a campaign to exterminate the Armenian people. Between 1915 and 1923, the numbers were horrific. ...

4. The Armenian Genocide
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Summary of Events Leading up to the Genocide Somewhat surprisingly to many, Armenians and Turks lived in relative harmony in the Ottoman Empire for centuries. Armenians were known as the "loyal millet". ...

5. World War I and Its Consequences
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... Armenians who remained in their native territory into a new type of empire. Postwar Realignment Between 1915 and 1917, Russia occupied virtually the entire Armenian part of the Ottoman Empire. Then ...

6. Between Russia and Turkey
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... as well as the lands to the south and west) became the object of a military-political struggle among three empires: Ottoman Turkey, tsarist Russia, and Safavid Persia. In 1828 Russia defeated Persia and ...

7. The Middle Ages
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... west, notably Cyprus, Marseilles, Cairo, Venice, and even Holland. The Mamluks controlled Cilician Armenia until the Ottoman Turks conquered the region in the sixteenth century. Meanwhile, the Ottoman ...