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In January of 1915, Armenian Soldiers in the Turkish Army were executed as a result of an order from the military governor. In the same month, Turkish and Kurdist forces attacked Armenian villages in Persia.

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January 1915 appears to be the moment when the Ottoman government began to have genocidal intent towards the Armenians. During that month, Armenian soldiers in the Turkish army were executed under the orders of the government. Armenian villages were also attacked by Turkish forces. (SR)

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The Turks start to accuse Armenians of treason and supporting Russia. While this doesn't show complete genocidal intent, it shows the turkish government beginning to classify all Armenians as treasonous rather than a few people they actually suspect. This scapegoating of an entire group often leads to genocide. Talaat himself said that he cannot distinguish between good and bad Armenians because the innocent of today will be the guilt of tomorrow., so therefore all Armenians must be wiped out.

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January of 1915: Armenian soldiers were killed by the Turkish Army on orders of the military governor and Armenian villages are attacked.

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In February of 1915, Turkish soldiers regularly entered Armenian towns, resulting in raping, looting, and killing

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November 1914, when the Armenian leaders were summoned but all arrested at the same time.

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January of 1915 was when the Ottomans first start to execute Armenian soldiers because of a military order.

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In November of 1914, the Armenians were accused of conspiring with the Russians against the country. This was when Russia declared war on the Ottoman empire, so this was controversial and would be seen as disloyal. Only a couple of months later, in February of 1915, was it clear that the Ottomans had genocidal intent towards the Armenians, as Turkish soldiers often went into Armenian villages and raped and murdered them.

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March 1915 Turkish central committee decides to exterminate the Armenians

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March 1915 Turkish central committee decides to exterminate the Armenians

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June 1915 there are eyewitness accounts from Greek woodcutters of Turks mass slaughtering Armenians

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All mail services were suspended and Armenian leaders are arrested.

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March 1915 - A dispatch from the Turkish central committee announces a decision to exterminate the Armenians

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March 1915 - A dispatch from the Turkish central committee announces a decision to exterminate the Armenians

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October 1914- Mail services out of Turkey are shut down and Armenian leaders are arrested.

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October 1914- Mail services out of Turkey are shut down and Armenian leaders are arrested.

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The Turkish government shutting down the mail services out of Turkey tells me that they were starting to plan something they knew they didn't want the world to know about. The arrests of the Armenian leaders shows that they were trying to disorganize the Armenians so that they wouldn't be able to fight back.

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In September 1914, the Ottoman government took away all Armenian weapons, which could have been a way to prevent revolting, but in March of 1915, they make  decision to "exterminate all armenians" 

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In September 1914, the Ottoman government took away all Armenian weapons, which could have been a way to prevent revolting, but in March of 1915, they make  decision to "exterminate all armenians" 

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Turkish soldiers are regularly entering Armenian towns and raping, looting, and killing

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February 1915: the Armenian leader of Koms and all people with him are killed; Turkish soldiers are regularly killing Armenians

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By expressly ending judicial and commercial rights, the Ottoman Empire clearly singled out Armenians as others who no longer had any means to protect themselves, both in courts and literally, as they could no longer own weapons.

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April 1915- 24,000 Armenians are killed in 3 days, 32,000 killed by the end of the month

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mail services to places outside of Turkey were terminated and all Armenian political leaders who attended a meeting were arrested

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June 1915, there were witnesses of the genocide, and up until then, there wasn't really CLEAR evidence.

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April 1915: 24,000 Armenians were killed in the span of 3 days.

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April 1915, 24,000 Armenians are killed in 3 days.

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February 1915 an Armenian village was attacked with a goal of killing the Armenian leader

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February 1915 an Armenian village was attacked with a goal of killing the Armenian leader

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In April of 1915, 24,000 Armenians are killed in the span of 3 days. Armenian leaders are arrested, and many are brought to concentration camps. By the end of the month, over 32,000 Armenians are killed. (SR)

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24,000 Armenians are killed in 3 days.

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An official order for the extermination of the Armenians has been released and mass arrests of Armenians have occurred. Many are also sent to work on road construction projects and were never heard from again. As the Turkish government denies this from happening, it is safe to assume that those who disappeared were silenced purposefully from the government.

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In June of 1915, there was the first large scale massacre of the Armenian men, which was carried out in the town of Kharput.

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The Turkish government officially announces its intent to exterminate Armenians - an obvious declaration of intent to commit genocide. In the following years, around a million Armenians are murdered - evidenced by the testimony of survivors and the mass graves that were created.

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April 1915, 32,000 + Armenians were killed by the end of April

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April 1915: more than 56,000 Armenians were killed.

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Turkish Central announces their decision to exterminate the Armenians and there are mass arrests of Armenians

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The fact that the Turkish government ended the rights of Europeans / Christians at the same time that they prevented them from protecting themselves with weapons and publicizing anything that was happening, in addition to arresting their leaders, shows that the government was planning something with the Armenians.

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In the month of March, a dispatch from the Turkish central committee announced a decision to exterminate the Armenians.

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Mail services are shut down, indicating that the Ottomans don't want the world to know about what is going to happen to the Armenians. Also, Armenian leaders are arrested so that the Armenian people will be confused and won't know what to do.

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July 1923 The Treaty of Lausanne between Turkey and the Allies excludes the mention of Armenia... I mean yes but I still think it counts as "evidence" that it did not take place but I'm fully aware it's super flimsy... also hol' up why is the Hitler thing coming up in here that isn't evidence either

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March 1915-Dispatch from Turkish command announces a decision to exterminate the Armenians, and mass arrests of Armenians occur. 

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March 1915-Dispatch from Turkish command announces a decision to exterminate the Armenians, and mass arrests of Armenians occur. 

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The dispatch from Turkish command and the rounding up of Armenians shows that the Turkish government had the intent and means to follow through on their announcement.

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April 1915 Mass arrest of Armenian leaders and 24000 armenians were killed in 3 days

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April 1915 Mass arrest of Armenian leaders and 24000 armenians were killed in 3 days

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The first large-scale massacre of Armenian men is carried out in the town of Kharput.

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24,000 Armenians are killed in 3 days

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There is no evidence that the genocide did not actually take place, but there is evidence that it was covered up - in 1923 the Treaty of Lausanne did not mention Armenians, and Hitler famously said "Who now remembers the Armenians" to justify Nazi Germany's genocide of numerous ethnic groups.

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20 Armenian Social Democratic leaders are hung publicly

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A massacre of Armenians is witnessed by Greeks, which means that there are witnesses who saw the genocide and knew that it was real.

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It is estimated that, by this time, 800,000 Armenians are dead

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Governor-general of Kharput Province tells the interior ministry that the roads are filled with the bodies of women and children. Women and children were clearly being murdered to stop the Armenian population from growing and escaping.

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Armenian soldiers in the Turkish Army are massacred

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February 1915, Turkish soldiers regularly enter Armenian towns and start to rape, loot, and kill Armenian civilians.

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The Interior Ministry abolishes the Armenian Patriarchate and the legal rights of the Armenian community (the Millet Ermeni) on the grounds that there was no Armenian community left in Turkey.

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Telegram states that the purpose of deportation is annihilation

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There are an estimated 800,000 Armenians dead

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Some Armenian soldiers in the Turkish army are executed on orders of the military governor and Turkish and Kurdist forces attack Armenian villages in NW Persia.

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The new York Times reported that the Young Turks had adopted a policy to annihilate the Armenians

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There are orders issued to kill Armenian priests

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Talat's telegram shows that women and children, not just men, would also have to be killed. Therefore, the actions taken by the Ottomans were clearly to wipe out the entire race, rather than just the men.

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There is no evidence that the genocide did not occur rather there was an attempt to exclude the event from history. In July 1923, the Treaty of Lausanne signed by Turkey and its allies, excluded any mention of the Armenian Genocide.

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In April 1915, 24,000 Armenians are killed in a span of just 3 days.

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There is no real evidence, however, Hitler said "after all, who remembers today the extermination of the Armenians", so something is up with that. It's still not necessarily evidence.

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The mass killing of all Armenians over five years years old and remaining Armenians in the Turkish military within 48 hours ordered

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There is not evidence however it was attempted to be covered up by the Turkish government in the  "Treaty of Lausanne—signed by Turkey and Allies.  The treaty excludes any mention of Armenia."

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Enver orders the killing of all civilian Armenians over the age of 5 as well as remaining Armenians in the Turkish military in 48 hours

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There isn't any evidence to suggest that a genocide did not take place. Instead, a treaty was signed in 1923 that covered up any mention of the Armenian genocide. Even Hitler acknowledges that the genocide of the Armenians took place, but he uses that event to justify the horrific actions the Nazis did during WWII. (SR)

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(Besides the pieces of evidence that say that a certain number of people were killed)
Mar '15: Dispatch from Turkish central committee announcing decision to exterminate the Armenians. Mass arrests of Armenians, who are never heard from again. Deportations of Armenians into the desert.
Jun '15: Mass slaughter of Armenians witnessed by woodcutters (witness = key)
Sept '15: Telegram says that Armenian women & children are to receive the same fate as the men
Dec '15: Orders issued for killing of Armenian priests, telegram says that deportation was meant to annihilate the Armenians

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Armenian soldiers in the Turkish army, made to become forced laborers, are massacred. (similar to Holocaust) Thus showing genocidal intent evidence

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200000 Armenian deportees were reported to transit through the desert. Because it was reported, this shows it happened.

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There is no evidence that a genocide against the Armenian/Pontian Greeks did not take place. There is only instances of the genocide being forgotten, as seen in Hitler's words, or ignored, as seen in the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne.

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Treaty of Lausanne does not mention this genocide from happening.