Armenian Genocide has been known to be one of the most horrific event in our history, also one of the most hidden and covered history. The question is why and how has the world forgotten about the Armenian Genocide. By Webster dictionary definition genocide is the ordered killing of a people for the convey reason of putting an end to their collective existence. As a regulation, the organizing powerful force is the nation, the victim population is a domestic minority, and the finish result is the near total death of a society. This is a clear example of the Armenian Genocide. To really understand why this Genocide has been hidden for century and why we know very little about it. One must know why it occurred and the history of the Ancient Armenians.
The ancient Armenians originally came from Anatolia, they usually proud themselves to be the first to adopt Christianity. This choice of religion later became their inevitable destiny. Soon their home was restored to the Islamic Ottoman Empire which was ruled by the Turks who had conquered the land from across West Asia, North Africa to the Southern Europe. The Ottoman government was leaded by a sultan who was given the complete control. The Turks were Islamic and were cruel leaders. The Armenians, being Christian minority were treated as second citizens and had little right. As non-Muslims they were also forced to pay unfair taxes and deprived of partaking in government. The Armenians soon aspire for representation and participation in government. This persistence demands soon started to worry the Muslim Turks who had never shared power in their country with any minority and were not willing to start. In 1913 the committee of the union and Progress (CUP) took over the head of government in a coup stage. When World War I broke out in August 1914, the Ottoman Empire formed part of the Triple Alliance with the other Central Powers, Germany and Austria-Hungary, and it declared war on Russia and its Western allies,...