armenian genocide
The Armenian Genocide refers to the systematic extermination and mass killing of approximately 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman government during World War I, from 1915 to 1923. It involved forced deportations, death marches, mass killings, and forced assimilation, with the intention to eliminate the Armenian population residing in the Ottoman Empire.
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