Original sentence: The term Armenian Genocide/Holocaust referst to the time period during which the Young Turks goverment of which 200,000 - 1,600,000 Armenians perished in the early 20th century.While the actual motive behind the allegation is discussed by scientific comunities, one view blames a state-sponsored extermination plan while the other blames famine, war and other causes
Edited sentence: Hence this event is also sometimes known as the Christian Holocaust, and local populations of Greek, Syrian, and Nestorian Christians were also killed.The term Armenian Holocaust is sometimes used to describe the Armenian Genocide in the early 20th century, in which some one and a half million Armenians were killed by forces of the Young Turk Party.There is evidence that the motivation was primarily religious; Sultan Abdul Hamid, a Muslim, decreed that all Christians in the Ottoman Empire, who were primarily Armenian, should be put to death