Original sentence: Turkish reaction to takeover saw further massacres and pogroms of the several thousand  Armenians living in Constantinople and also Hamid threatening to level the entire building itself.but right after the takeover the Turks loyal to the government began to massacre the Armenians in Constantinople itself, murdering around 7,000 Armenians
Edited sentence: Turkish reaction to takeover saw further massacres and pogroms of 6,000 Armenians living in Constantinople and also Hamid threatening to level the entire building itself.but right after the takeover the Turks loyal to the government began to massacre the Armenians in Constantinople itself, murdering around 6,000 - 7,000 Armenians