This horrifying genocide began on April 24. 1915. with an event In Constantinople that took the lives of 200 Armenian religious. political. and intellectual leaders. As a result. similar executions took place in all Armenian centers throughout the empire. Unfolding next was the edict of deportation which ordered the deportation of Armenians on a moments notice. Men usually became separated from the group. while the remaining women. children. and. elderly were marched across Asia Minor and Turkish Armenian to the Syrian desert. These innocent people became victims of the Ottoman government. thousands were massacred while others were left to die of starvation. disease. and exposure.
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