Between 1915 and 1923. officials in the Ottoman Empire implemented a policy under which innocent Armenian civilians were murdered or forced into exile. In April 1915. the members of the Armenian leadership in Istanbul and other Armenian centers were executed. Those already conscripted by the Ottoman Army. were disarmed. placed in work battalions. and killed. Armenian civilians. deprived of their leadership. were deported from cities and villages across Asia Minor and Turkish Armenia. Innocent women. children. and elderly Armenians were sent on death marches into the Syrian desert. during which many were raped and tortured. This violent repression led to the death. through massacres. disease. and starvation. of a large part of the Armenian population.
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