In the early part of World War I. the Ottoman Turkish Army. fearing disloyalty from its Armenian ranks during the struggle against Russia. began a prolonged campaign to segregate Armenian soldiers from the rest of the armed forces. On April 24. 1915. Turkish leaders decided on a more permanent settlement to the Armenian question. Two hundred Armenian religious. political. and intellectual leaders were arrested in Constantinople. Many of them were executed. On May 27. 1915. the Armenian genocide was formally launched with the edict of deportation. which gave license to the murder of Armenian men and the forced march of women. children and the elderly to the Syrian desert. During the next 7 years. approximately 1.5 million Armenians were killed as a result of this policy. Mr.
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