In 1915. the ruthless killing of over 1 million Armenians began. It took place in the midst of the demise of the Ottoman Empire at a time when the ruling triumvirate of young Turks had solidified its power after overthrowing the Sultan Abdul Hamid. the soculled bloody sultan who had massacred thousands of civilians in a reign of terror. By 1915. the First World War had begun and In June the Turkish Government began to implement a policy of deportation to move Armenians from war zones to more isolated regions in the eastern Syrian desert. Thus began the cruel march to death for those Armenians. who were forced to leave their homes and personal belongings to walk the road of human misery. Many died along the way at the hands of villagers and other ethnic minorities such as the Kurds.
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