It was on that day in 1915 that over 200 Armenian religious. political and intellectual leaders were arrested and murdered in central Turkey. This date marks the beginning of an organized campaign by the young Turk government 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. As the United States Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. Henry Morgenthau. Sr. has written. and I quote. "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." As a supporter of human rights. I am dismayed that the Turkish government is still refusing to acknowledge what happened and. instead. is attempting to rewrite history.
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