It was on that day in 1915 that over 200 Armenian religious. political. and intellectual leaders were arrested and subsequently murdered in central Turkey. This date marks the beginning of an organized campaign by the "Young Turk" governmenb to eliminate the Armenians from the Ottoman Empire. Over the next 8 years. 1.5 million Armenians died at the hands of the Turks. and a half million more were deported. This tragedy is the first genocide of the 20th century and is well documented. The New York Times alone ran over 194 articles during the Turkish atrocities. As the United States Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. Henry Morgenthau. Sr.. has written: "When the Turkish authorities gave the orders for these deportations. they were merely giving the death warrant to a whole race. They understood this well and made no particular attempt to conceal the fact." Mr. Speaker. the time has come for Congress to put our government unequivocally on the side of the truth in this tragedy.
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