Armenian Genocide

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crime against humanity ethnic cleansing genocide mass killing

The Armenian Genocide was the systematic mass killing and deportation of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during and after World War I, widely recognized as one of the first modern genocides.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Armenian Genocide canonical 23
Armenian genocide 12
Armenian Genocide (as witnessed) 1

Statements (73)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crime against humanity ⓘ
ethnic cleansing ⓘ
genocide ⓘ
mass killing ⓘ
causeOfDeath death marches ⓘ
disease ⓘ
exposure ⓘ
mass executions ⓘ
starvation ⓘ
commemoratedIn Armenia ⓘ
Diaspora Armenian communities ⓘ
deathTollRange 600000–1500000 ⓘ
deniedBy Azerbaijan ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Turkey
describedAs first modern genocide ⓘ
documentedBy Ottoman archival records ⓘ
contemporary photographs ⓘ
foreign diplomats ⓘ
missionaries ⓘ
survivor testimonies ⓘ
endDate 1923 ⓘ
estimatedDeaths 1500000 ⓘ
600000 ⓘ
followedBy Assyrian genocide ⓘ
Greek genocide ⓘ
historicalDebate extent of premeditation ⓘ
responsibility of Ottoman leadership ⓘ
influenced GenocideConvention1948 ⓘ
surface form: Genocide Convention

Raphael Lemkin’s concept of genocide ⓘ
keyFigure Djemal Pasha ⓘ
Enver Pasha ⓘ
Talaat Pasha ⓘ
legalInstrument Tehcir Law ⓘ
Temporary Law of Deportation ⓘ
location Anatolia ⓘ
Deir ez-Zor ⓘ
surface form: Deir ez-Zor region

eastern Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Anatolia

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Syrian Desert ⓘ
mainCommemorationDay April 24 ⓘ
memorial Tsitsernakaberd ⓘ
memorialLocation Yerevan, Armenia ⓘ
surface form: Yerevan
method concentration camps ⓘ
confiscation of property ⓘ
deportation ⓘ
forced marches ⓘ
mass shootings ⓘ
partOf persecution of Christians in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
perpetratedBy Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
surface form: Young Turks
plannedBy Ottoman Interior Ministry ⓘ
precededBy Adana massacre ⓘ
Hamidian massacres ⓘ
recognizedAsGenocideBy Argentina ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Cyprus ⓘ
European Parliament ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Pope Francis ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
result Armenians ⓘ
surface form: Armenian diaspora

confiscation of Armenian property ⓘ
destruction of Armenian cultural heritage in Ottoman Empire ⓘ
startDate 1915-04-24 ⓘ
targetedGroup Armenians ⓘ
Armenians ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman Armenians
timePeriod World War I ⓘ
late Ottoman Empire period ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Armenians → genocide → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
Armenia → historicalEvent → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide → coversEvent → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armenian genocide
The Promise (2016 film) → depicts → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
Second Constitutional Era → majorEventDuringPeriod → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armenian genocide
Committee of Union and Progress → associatedWith → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armenian genocide
The Artist and His Mother → mainSubject → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
Western Armenian → associatedWithEvent → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armenian genocide
Tehcir Law → centralRoleIn → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
Tehcir Law → relatedTo → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
Temporary Law of Deportation → associatedEvent → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
Hamidian massacres → followedBy → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
Adana massacre → followedBy → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
Adana massacre → foreshadowed → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
Djemal Pasha → perpetratorOf → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
Tsitsernakaberd → commemorates → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
System of a Down → lyricalTheme → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armenian genocide
Sayfo → relatedEvent → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armenian genocide
Seyfo → relatedEvent → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armenian genocide
Year of the Sword → relatedEvent → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armenian genocide
Ottoman Christian genocides → historicalContext → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armenian genocide of 1915
Greek genocide → relatedEvent → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armenian genocide
Van Vilayet → significantEvent → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
Bitlis Vilayet → significantEvent → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armenian genocide
Ottoman period → includesMajorEvent → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armenian genocide
The Bastard of Istanbul → mainTheme → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Armenian genocide
The Bastard of Istanbul → addressesHistoricalEvent → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armenian genocide
Caucasus Front → relatedEvent → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
Armenian Genocide Memorial Church → dedicatedTo → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
Armenian Genocide Memorial Church → memorializedEvent → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
Ana Khesarian → presentInEvent → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
Chris Myers → associatedEvent → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
Mikael Boghosian is an Armenian medical student → setDuring → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
subject surface form: Mikael Boghosian
Mikael Boghosian is an Armenian medical student → associatedWithEvent → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
subject surface form: Mikael Boghosian
Ana Khesarian is a French-educated Armenian woman → fictionalUniverseEvent → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
subject surface form: Ana Khesarian
Ana Khesarian is a French-educated Armenian woman → basedOnHistoricalContext → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
subject surface form: Ana Khesarian
this entity surface form: Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire
Chris Myers is an American journalist → temporalSetting → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
subject surface form: Chris Myers (The Promise)
Chris Myers is an American journalist → depictsEvent → Armenian Genocide ⓘ
subject surface form: Chris Myers (The Promise)
this entity surface form: Armenian Genocide (as witnessed)
Mikael Boghosian → timePeriod → Armenian Genocide ⓘ