Unfortunately. in this the Turks were correct. there was no one to restrain their deadly hands. and no power could stop them in their murderous task. Their plans were carried out so effectively and efficiently that of the 2 million Armenians then living in the Ottoman Empire. more than 1 million died by the end of 1915. Half of these were massacred outright. while the rest were starved to death. or lost their lives under unbearable hardships during their forced deportation. In this national genocide Armenians by the hundreds of thousands were sold into slavery. while some managed to escape into Russia and Persia. Such was the fate of the most industrious. enterprising. and progressive element in the Ottoman Empire.
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