April 24. 1984. marks the 14th time we here in Congress have recognized Armenian Martyrs Day in memory of the 1.5 million Christian men. women. and children who died between 1915 and 1923. at the hands of the "Young Turk" government. It was the mobilization for World War I that set the stage for the tragic genocide of thousands of Christian Armenians. By February of 1915. the Turkish Government had already begun to segregate Armenians into labor battalions. as well as disarming and deporting countless others. On April 24. 1915. about 200 Armenian religious. political. and intellectual leaders were arrested in Istanbul and were either exiled or murdered. Similar measures were carried out throughout the Ottoman Empire in all Armenian centers.
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