At the turn of the 20th century , the Assyrian/Aramean 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 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