HIS 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Enver Pasha, Central Powers, Young Turk Revolution
29 Mar 2017
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The ottoman empire"s (turks) government exterminates the armenian christian minority group. The armenians were an ethnic minority even though they had been on the land since before the ottoman empire existed. Some prospered as merchants or traders to far away countries. Early 1900s armenians had lived as a self-governing group under the rule of the. Turks, without any great issues for a while. By the turks wanted to impose turkish language & cultural values on the minorities homogenous. By the armenians call for their own homeland, independence. Persecution of the armenians under the ottomans and the young turks . Ottoman policies became more & more discriminatory partially because there was an overall decline of power. 1878: muslim refugees fled to russia following a war between russia & turkey. Abdul hamid ii: the last ottoman sultan (1876-1908) Very hostile to armenians after fearing they would become allies with russia.
