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The Armenian people were regarded too as second class citizens. The Armenians became political targets to the Young Turks as Pan-Turksim began to spread.  The Young Turks created many civil laws to restrict the rights of the Armenians. Propaganda was created and the Armenians were used as scapegoats.

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the leaders of the Young Turks started off the genocide by rounding up all of the Armenian social and political leaders. While this was happening, the Turks feared and invasion from the Russians, so they drafted Armenian men to the military, or sent them to labor camps and worked them to death. The rest were to be deported. The Armenians were marched to death, or to concentration camps where they were killed mass. Also, while they were being marched, they were raided and harrased by Kurdish bandits hired by the government.

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The Armenians joined the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. When the Ottoman government began to break down there was an increase in oppression towards Armenians. Armenians soon became second class citizens.

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In 1908 Turkish nationalists took control of the government.
In 1914 Turks wanted to get the Armenians out of the war zone.
In 1915 the genocide began. The Turkish government arrested and executed millions of Armenians. They were sent out of their homes and sent on death marches.
The genocide finally ended in 1918 when the Ottoman Empire surrendered.

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A group of Turkish nationalists known as the "Young Turks" took control of the Ottoman Empire. The Young Turks were led by Talaat Pasha. Pasha targeted all Armenian christians in the Ottoman Empire. Spreading the idea of Pan-Turkish across the empire.

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This genocide took place in the area which the former ottoman empire used to occupy along with other countries within the middle east (Armenia, Turkey, Syria, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, and Azerbaijan)

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The Armenians were often looked down upon because of their religion and nationality. The Turks used propaganda to spread the idea of Pan Turkism, and as a result, the idea gained popularity. Propaganda was also used to increase nationalism and promote violence against the Armenians.

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The Armenians were deported. They were given three days to leave or they would be killed. The Young Turks forced the Armenians to march in the desert without food or water. Many of them died due to starvation.

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Today, the Turkish government talks about this genocide never happening. They also deny the relocation of the Armenians they moved to plan an execution on them. They called this "The Forgotten Genocide."

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When the Ottoman Empire finally surrendered in 1918 Germany took in young Turks but did not punish them for the Genocide. Armenia then rose up and killed the leaders of the genocide.

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Most involved in WWI, U.S included, thought that the slaughtering of Armenian Christians in the Ottoman Empire was a civil war. President Woodrow Wilson thought that the Young Turks actions were justifiable. Wilson said, the Armenians were an international security threat to the Young Turks. It is only today that some countries recognize these events as a Genocide. The Armenian Genocide will forever be known as the forgotten genocide.

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The Turks after WWI wanted to change from a multinational, multicultural, and multi-religious empire into a state inhabited by Turks only. This ideology was called Pan-Turkism. The Young Turks also feared that the Armenians would let the Russians invade them from the East.