Question

The massacre of over 1 million Armenians during and immediately after World War I was directed by

Answer 1

Who directed it? As in, who were the perpetrators? The government of the Ottoman Empire, which was led by Talaat Pasha.

Answer 2

ANSWER:

The ruling party of the Ottoman Empire that was in power directed the massacre of over 1 million Armenians during and after World War1 .

EXPLANATION:

• The massacre is now known as the 'Armenian Genocide'.

• The party known as Young Turks or the Committee of Union and Progress was responsible for this horrible act of genocide.

• The Armenian Genocide was the horrible organized killing of Armenian people by the state.

• Out of the total 2 million Armenians over a million of them were deported and the remaining were massacred, tortured, and starved to death.