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2a. According to the document, why were the Armenians targeted by the Turks?

2a. According to the document, why were the Armenians targeted by the Turks?

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2b. Describe the atrocities the Armenians faced and explain how it represents genocide. Turkish government soon began to push for the ""removal" of the Armenians from war zones along the Empire. Turkish military leaders soon began to argue that the Armenians were traitors. They claimed Document 2 - The Second Armenian Genocide In 1914, the Turks entered World War I on the side of Germany and the Austro-Hungarian independence. The the Armenians would fight for the enemy if they thought it would win On April 24. 1915, the Armenian genocide began. That day, the Turkish government arrested and executed several hundred Armenian leaders. After that, ordinary Armenians were turned out of their homes and sent on death marches through the Mesopotamian desert without food or water. Many of the marchers were stripped naked and forced to walk under the scorching sun until they dropped dead. People who stopped to rest were uhe came time. "killing squads" were created by the government and were given orders to wipe out the Armenians. These killing squads drowned people in rivers, threw them off cliffs, crucified them and burned them alive. The Turkish countryside was soon littered with Armenian comses During this "Turkification"campaign, government squads also kidnapped young Armenian children and gave them to Turkish families. Muslim familjes moved into the empty homes of Armenians and seized their property. The genocide finally ended in 1922. By then some 1.5 million of Turkey's Armenians were dead. Many others had been forcibly removed from the country. source: History.com, adapted by Newsela staff on 11.27.17 2a. According to the document, why were the Armenians targeted by the Turks?
Transcribed Image Text:2b. Describe the atrocities the Armenians faced and explain how it represents genocide. Turkish government soon began to push for the ""removal" of the Armenians from war zones along the Empire. Turkish military leaders soon began to argue that the Armenians were traitors. They claimed Document 2 - The Second Armenian Genocide In 1914, the Turks entered World War I on the side of Germany and the Austro-Hungarian independence. The the Armenians would fight for the enemy if they thought it would win On April 24. 1915, the Armenian genocide began. That day, the Turkish government arrested and executed several hundred Armenian leaders. After that, ordinary Armenians were turned out of their homes and sent on death marches through the Mesopotamian desert without food or water. Many of the marchers were stripped naked and forced to walk under the scorching sun until they dropped dead. People who stopped to rest were uhe came time. "killing squads" were created by the government and were given orders to wipe out the Armenians. These killing squads drowned people in rivers, threw them off cliffs, crucified them and burned them alive. The Turkish countryside was soon littered with Armenian comses During this "Turkification"campaign, government squads also kidnapped young Armenian children and gave them to Turkish families. Muslim familjes moved into the empty homes of Armenians and seized their property. The genocide finally ended in 1922. By then some 1.5 million of Turkey's Armenians were dead. Many others had been forcibly removed from the country. source: History.com, adapted by Newsela staff on 11.27.17 2a. According to the document, why were the Armenians targeted by the Turks?
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