Original sentence: During the final years of the Ottoman Empire (1915-1923), a large proportion of Armenians living in eastern Anatolia (referred to by Armenians as "Western Armenia"), were killed as a result of what Armenians refer to as the Armenian Genocide, claiming it to be a state-sponsored deportation and eradication effort by Ottoman Turks.The Turkish side, however, maintains that the deaths were a result of a civil war coupled with disease and famine, with casualties incurred by both sides
Edited sentence: During the final years of the Ottoman Empire (1915-1923), a large proportion of Armenians living in eastern Anatolia (referred to by Armenians as "Western Armenia"), were killed as a result of what is referred to as the Armenian Genocide, claiming it to be a state-sponsored deportation and eradication effort by Ottoman Turks.The Turkish side, however, falsely maintains that the deaths were a result of a civil war coupled with disease and famine, with casualties incurred by both sides