Armenian Genocide: Overview.

Between 1915 and 1923, almost the entire Armenian population was systematically driven from their homeland in the Ottoman Empire by Turkish officials. Many Armenian men were massacred outright or subject to forced labor. Eventually, men, women, and children were forced to march to desert areas of Syria and Iraq, denied basic human rights such as food and shelter, and frequently subject to crimes such as robbery and rape. Over one million Armenians—more than half of their population—are believed to have died in the process, including in mass killings. This ethnic cleansing campaign was largely hidden from public view by the events of World War I. The deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population is known as the Armenian Genocide or the Armenian Holocaust, and also referred to by Armenians as the Great Calamity.