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On April 24th, 1915, the Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey), then under the power of the Young Turks, arrested and later killed 235-270 Armenian community leaders in Constantinople (Istanbul), commonly called Red Sunday. This is considered the beginning of the Armenian Genocide. This genocide, which is often brushed over in history class, resulted in the death of approximately 1.5 million Armenian people. Greek and Assyrian people were targeted at this time as well. However, these are considered separate but deserve just as much recognition.  

Today, April 24th, 2015, marks 100 years since the genocide began.

During the genocide, many Armenians led on death marches to the Syrian desert, forced into concentration camps, and had other crimes against humanity were committed against them, such as mass burnings, drownings, experimentations, and many more horrific atrocities. The genocide lasted until 1918, but brutality continued well into 1923 and anti-Armenian discrimination and violence still happens today.