These claims are based on the supposition that the prewar Armenian population of the Empire was 2.5 million. According to the Ottoman census of 1914. however. it was at most 1.3 million. Half of these people lived in the areas affected by the deportation. but ... it appears that about 400.000 people were actually transported in 191516. In addition. some 700.000 Armenians fled to the Caucasus. western Europe and the United States. As 100.000 remained in Turkey after the war. one can conclude that about 300.000 died if one accepts the Ottoman census reports. or 1.3 million if the Armenian figures are utilized." So scholars trusted by Turks put the minimum toll at 300.000.
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