Armenian Genocide

April 24, 1915. Constantinople’s politically polarized citizenship witnesses the first great purginG.

Repressing Christian and Jewish intellectuals was the first step by ruling Muslims towards genocidE.

Murdering whole families was legalized, even encouraged, and given the more noble title of executioN

Enver Pasha, the Minister of War, had already disarmed non-Muslim fighters and called them taboO.

No armed men, then, remained to stand against the Empire in villages like Bitlis, Mus , or SuruC.

Innocent children and families died in forced marches to desert camps named Tefridje,and DipsI.

Abandoned properties revert to the Empire's control when rightful owners are nowhere to be founD.

Numbers vary and denials continue to fill the air, but we all know the true name - genocidE.