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The Ottoman Empire was formed. This includes modern day Turkey.
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Turkish invasions of Armenia began.
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Armenia was "absorbed" into the Ottoman Empire. This marked the beginning of mistreament of Christian Armenians by the Muslim Turks who occupied Turkey.
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Turkish Sultan Abdul Hamid II became the 34th sultan of Turkey. This further cultivated distrust of Armenians by Turkish individuals, by fortifying Turkish nationalism and empowering the resentment of any non-Muslims in the Empire.
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The fight for civil rights became a top priority of the Armenians. As a result, this fight was met with a lot of backlash from the Ottoman Government.
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The murdering of hundreds of thousands of Armenians took place for their participation in civil rights protests. This was an effort to lower the expectations of Armenians for government representation and protection. The massacre was organized by Sultan Hamid II.
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"Timeline of Events," The Promise to Act.
The Choices Program, “Confronting Genocide: Never Again?”

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The "rebel group" Young Turks (officially named the Committee of Union and Progress, or CUP) overthrew the Sultan in what was called the Young Turk Revolution. The Young Turks forced the Sultan to restore the constitution and resume parliament. They additionally requested that all residents be conceded similar rights, regardless of religion or ethnicity. Women appreciated more opportunities and more educational opportunities. This temporarily gave the Armenians hope that the political tide and mistreament and distrust would change in their favor; however, the new rulers, who initially advanced a foundation of equality and constitutionalism, immediately turned to extreme nationalism and became increasingly authoritarian.
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"Timeline of Events," The Promise to Act.
The Choices Program, “Confronting Genocide: Never Again?”

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Between 1908 and 1913 after the Young Turk Revolution, the empire lost control of nearly half of its territories and the five million occupants of these regions. The CUP refused to lose more territory, so they promoted its leaders to carry out a "coup d’état" (a sudden seizure of power) in 1913. Three of these leaders, known as the “Three Pashas,” (Ismail
Enver, Mehmet Talaat, and Ahmet Cemal) took control of the government and military.
In the eastern part of Anatolia (which makes up most of present-day Turkey), the
possibility of Russian expansion worried the CUP of the idea of a potential rebellion by the Ottoman Armenians living there, which were concerns that would grow over the course of World War I.
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The Start of WW1 - Turkey enters WWI as German allies and part of the Central Powers. In response to Turkey's entering WWI, the Armenians formed volunteer armies that join forces with Christian-ruled Russia.
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"Timeline of Events," The Promise to Act.

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Turkey declared "holy war" on all non-Muslims except for the countries they were aligned with.
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"Timeline of Events," The Promise to Act.

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The Armenian Genocide begins...
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"Timeline of Events," The Promise to Act.