April 24. the Young Turk leaders of the Ottoman Empire summoned and executed over 200 Armenian community leaders. By 1923. an estimated 1.5 million Armenians were murdered. and another one half million were exiled. affecting the lives of every Armenian in Asia Minor. Author John Minassian. a survivor of the 1915 Armenian genocide. tells of his experience. "These fine people were now being made into refugees only because they had clung to their ancient beliefs and the faith of their ancestors. They marched proudly under a yoke of hatred. prejudice and bigotry. their morale high. their spirit as yet unbroken. They knew that their only crime was being Armenian." The Armenian genocide was condemned at the time by representatives of the British.
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