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 Who were the victims and the perpetrators?

The first genocide of the 20th century was when two million Armenians living in Turkey were eliminated from their homeland through forced deportations and massacres. Despite the invasions and occupations, Armenian pride and identity never wavered. In the Armenian Genocide the victims were the Armenian Christians. the decision to started the genocide was made by a political party in the Ottoman empire. this people were commonly known as the Turks. Out of the Turks three of them controlled the government: Mehmet Talaat, Ismail Enver, and Ahmed Jemal.



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