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Coverage · South Caucasus

Key event

The Armenian genocide

1915 – 1916

What happened

The Ottoman government destroys its Armenian population through mass deportation, starvation and killing — around a million or more dead, the Armenian presence in eastern Anatolia ended. The characterisation as genocide is established by the overwhelming weight of historical scholarship; Türkiye disputes it.

The genocide stands behind Armenian threat perception to this day: the closed Turkish border, the reflex to read blockade as existential threat, and the political impossibility — until recently — of normalisation with Ankara. No account of Armenian decision-making in this module works without it.

Confidence: High

When1915 – 1916
KindHumanitarian · Political
ArenaArmenia–Azerbaijan / Karabakh legacy
Confidence: High Sources: Established historical record Methodology Corrections

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Where this fits

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