There were an estimated two million Armenians living within the boarders of the Ottoman Empire before World War I. Of those two million Armenians an estimated one and a half million were killed in the infamous deportation. There are many different attitudes toward the Armenian genocide, some of them political and some of them emotional. This is such a controversial issue because of the relationships that depend on the diction describing the death filled period. Almost a century later, the Armenian genocide still lingers around the world. After watching the BBC documentary “The Betrayed”, I can reflect upon the horrific material presented.
In 1914, an event that the world looks back on today as the most brutal of all modern wars began. World War One opened a curtain of trench warfare and disease. This war had affected all of Europe including the Ottoman Empire, which set the stage for the Armenian Genocide. In 1915 Russian forces began the invasion of the Ottoman Empire. Some Armenian people saw this opportunity to fight back against the country they live in. Select groups of Armenians joined forces with the Russians and fought against the Ottomans. Once the Ottoman Empire found out that the Armenians had been fighting against them, they decided that they would punish the entire Armenian race and protect themselves from another possible rebellion within their boarders. The Ottoman government decided to deport the Armenians on a large scale by using cattle cars. Along the way, bandits and other intruders raided the cars and killed the ones inside. There is conspiracy that the Ottoman government sponsored the massacre of the Armenian race, which in that case would then be considered genocide.
After the fall of Ottoman Empire the modern world recognizes their previous holding as Turkey. Turkey still fights with the doings of their ancestors, but if we asked their government, the Armenian Genocide is nothing but a massacre by outside influences. When accused of the...