Armenian Genocide - Anita Ruangrotsakun (ebook reader ink .txt) 📗

increased suspicion and violence against the Armenians. N

 

is for no human rights left to the Armenians, and no sympathy from the Turkish.

O

 

is for opression, segregation, and exploitation of Armenian citizens.

P

is for prison, where the Armenian intellectual leaders were led so they could be slaughtered.

Q

 

is for the quelling of rebellion by rounding up Armenians and making them endure the "Death March".

R

 

is for the relentless rounds they went, endless circles in the desert until they were dehydrated, starved, and had died of exhaustion.

S

 

is for the systematic way the Turks tortured and knocked down Armenians after the state ordered mass killings.

T

 

is for the terrifying Death Squads, made up of released convicts, that the government let loose on the Armenians.

U

 

is for the unmourned and unburied bodies that lined the roads.

V

 

is for the virginity and innocence that were stolen from young Armenian girls.

W

 

is for the Westernization and industrialization of Turkey who, with the help of other Western nations, glossed over the fact that a major genocide happened in favor of having a new ally.

X

 

is for x numbers of denials, too many to count, collected over the years from Turkish citizens.

Y

 

is for Yves Ternon, who attempted to publish a book to educate the Turkish people on what had actually happened.

Z

 

is for zero recognition, zero reparations, zero calm discussions about the "methodical campaign of destruction" of 1915.