World War I provided the cover they needed. With Europe and the United States preoccupied by war. the Ottoman Turks carried out their massacre without outside attention or interference. The genocide began on April 24. 1915. with a sweep of Armenian leaders. It did not end until 1923 when the entire Armenian population of 2 million had been killed or deported. It is estimated that 1.5 million Armenians died at the hands of the Ottoman Turkshalf of the worlds Armenian population at the time. By 1923 the Turks had successfully erased nearly all remnants of the Armenian culture which had existed in their homeland for 3.000 years.
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