There is no denying the evidence and the number of people who perished at the hands of the soldiers of the Ottoman Empire between the years 1915 and 1923. Before 1915. the Armenians had faced the persistent hostility of a ruling empire. Segregated and separated. the Armenians were often subjected to cruelty and to death. Starting on May 17. 1915. with the edict of deportation issued from the office of the Ottoman Emperor. the Armenians were systematically herded and driven out of the country under the guard of special organization officers recruited from the ranks of the prison population. Driven across the desert to Syria. 11/2 million Armenians perished en route. Some fell to disease. some fell to starvation.
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