Causes of the Armenian genocide

There were many causes of the Armenian genocide. Between spring 1915 and autumn 1916, the Ottoman Empire killed 600,000 to 1,500,000 Armenians. This is called the Armenian Genocide.The Huffington Post news, 23 April 2015.
Potential causes include the extremist ideas of CUP and anti-Christian sentiment. The consensus among scholars is that the killings were not planned before the World War One.thumb|Map of Middle East in 1910, made by Francis Maunsell.

Causes
Causes of the Armenian genocide might include:
 The Ottoman Empire's huge territory losses after the 19th century
 Religious and cultural differences
 Anti-Christian feelings (especially towards Armenian Christians) after the Turks were killed during the Balkan Wars
 Wartime extremism during the World War I
 Rise of Turkish Nationalism

Related pages
Assyrian genocide
Armenian genocide
Ottoman Empire

References

Sources
Melson, Robert (2015). "Contending Interpretations Concerning the Armenian Genocide: Continuity and Conspiracy, Discontinuity and Cumulative Radicalization". Genocide Studies International. 9 (1): 10–21. doi:10.3138/gsi.9.1.02. S2CID 145397509.
Category:Armenian genocide
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