At the turn of the 20th century , the Assyrian population was around 1 million .
`` In countries where significant Assyrian diaspora communities exist , the designation `` '' Assyrian '' '' has become controversial , notably in Germany and Sweden , alternative terms such as Assyriska/syrianska/kaldeiska folkmordet `` '' Assyrian/Syriac/Chaldean genocide '' '' are employed. The Assyrian/Aramean population in the Ottoman Empire numbered about one million at the turn of the twentieth century and was largely concentrated in what is now Iran , Iraq and Turkey . ''
Assyrian genocide