Justify 10 Stages of Genocide
Organization
The Central Committee of the Young Turk Party (Committee of Union and Progress) formed a militia and organized a list of Armenians to be exterminated, singling out politicians, intellectuals, and particular men.
Polarization
The Armenians were isolated. They were forbidden from public places and weren't allowed to participate in public events.
Preparation
The Ittihad Central Committee announced racial cleansing of Armenians 1915. Shortly after, Armenian soldiers were disarmed, Armenian property was taken away, stolen, or burnt, Armenians were forced into labor, Armenian leaders were put to death, and Death Marches began to carry out.
Persecution
They planned a pre-mediated campaign to exterminate the people. They were driven by military escorts as the separated Armenians.
Extermination
During the Armenian Genocide, it is estimated that 1.5 million Armenians were murdered. They were often arrested, tortured and killed by the Turks. Many Armenian political leaders were publicly hanged without a trial. Approximately 5,250 Armenians were arrested and killed. Armenians orphans were often given to Turkish families to be “Turkified.” Nearly 1.5 million of the 2 million Armenians were deported, and of those, 1,175,000 Armenians were killed, and the rest were ordered to be “Turkified” in April of 1917. Turkey denied any foreign support for Armenians.
Denial
Turkey claims the Armenians were guilty of treason and that they were simply relocating potentially dangerous people. In addition, no American president has ever classified the Armenian Genocide as genocide.
Classification
This Genocide was the Ottoman Turks (Muslims) and Armenians (non-Muslim, Christians)
Symbolization
Most Armenians were Christian, therefore second-class citizens; called gavours, meaning “infidel” or “unbeliever”. Any non-Muslim was singled out as a lesser person. Infidels had higher taxes and were given fewer rights. Crosses on missions were broken and replaced by crescents.
Discrimination
They took the Armenian people away from their daily lives. They first took the intellectuals. After that, they rounded up ordinary Armenians, arrested and murdered men, women, the elderly and children.
Dehumanization
Dehumanization started with the loss of civil rights and death marches into the desert. They were denied food and water, brutalized, and often killed by "guards" while marching. To add on, Armenians were forced to strip down naked and beaten by the Turks.
