By Megan McArthur & Laura Feener

 Introduction-Armenia as a country  Basics of the genocide  Turkey & the genocide  Controversies  Losses  Reparations  Comparing Armenia to Holocaust  Our letters  Conclusion-Commemoration

 Mountainous country in Eurasia  Democratic nation  1 st state to adopt Christianity  Have own unique alphabet  Former republic of Soviet Union  Close partner of Russia

Definition of Genocide: The deliberate systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group.

 Carried out by “young Turks” in  1.5 million people killed  Systematic fashion  Known as the Great Crime  Started April  Denied by Turkey

 Turkey denies the Genocide  Turkey committed the genocide  1 Turkish gov’t recognized as a genocide  Says the killings were not deliberate  Retired ambassadors think Turkey should apologize

 Scholarly, diplomatic, political, legal  Hate campaigns and threats  Turkish ambassadors protested monuments

 Cultural, religious, historical  Destroyed churches and monasteries  Lost wealth & property without compensation  Schools, hospitals etc Turkish property

 The United Nations Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law  Sèvres Treaty  Lawsuits

 Were told being relocated  Marched off to concentration camps  Died of thirst and starvation  Denied food and water during march  Brutalized and killed by guards

 Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs  United States Memorial Holocaust Museum  The White House  Canadian Government  American Consulate Ottawa  American Consulate in States  CBC  The Spectator  Ellen

 Memorials  Many in different countries  Representation in Popular Cultures  Represented in different art

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