They felt that European intervention was caused by the presence of Armenians in Turkey. They then thought of eliminating the Armenian element in Turkey. through wholesale massacres if necessary. Their evil and inhuman intentions were revealedin 1915. when in the course of less than 1 year. nearly all of the 2 million Armenians in Turkey. who had for centuries constituted the most industrious. energetic. peaceful. loyal. and productive element in the Ottoman Empire. were uprooted of their homes and deported to desolate and inhospitable deserts in Mesopotamia and northern Syria. Meanwhile more than 1 million of these were massacred and lost their lives through famine and otherwise. Only a fraction of the total number succeeded to save their lives by escaping to neighboring countries. while hundreds of thousands of others were sold into slavery by Arabs.
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