It is with that thought in mind that we set aside April 29 as a tribute to Armenians and their descendants. Between 1915 and 1923. 1.5 million Armenian citizens were killed by the Ottoman Empire in its brutal drive to end the Armenian quest for independence. Early In the First World War. the Ottoman drive to dominate the Armenian people eliminated almost half of the worlds Armenian population. Battered and powerless. the Armenians were deported from cities and towns throughout Turkey and Asia Minor. Left without any alternative. countless Armenians died as they fled throughout the deserts of present day Syria and Iraq to escape the unbearable oppression. After World War I.
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