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**Why did this genocide occur? ** 

The Armenian Genocide happened mainly because Turkey was afraid that Armenians Christian would help Russian enemies during World War 1. The Armenians were ordered out of Turkey and deported to Syria and Palestine. The Turkish government did little to really hide what was happening. The Turkish army and police first killed the educated people (writers, poets, lawyers, doctors, merchants, bankers, and most wealthy people were shot). After killing many Armenian leaders, the Turks went from town to town killing thousands of innocent men, women, and even children. When Armenians went to government buildings to try to rebel against the massacres, they were jailed. After two or three days within the jail, the Turks roped them and took them out to a lonely spot in the midst of nowhere and killed them.

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