Timeline
1915
1915
the Armenian Genocide began. The Turkish authorities decree the demobilization
and disarmament of the Armenians. A.F. Kerensky, a member of the National
Council of Russia and later briefly to be the leader of Russia, in a report,
describes the astounding plight of Armenian refugees. Two Armenian deputies of
the Ottoman Assembly submit a note concerning the massacres and executions of
several such battalions.
1916
In 1916 the United States of America to set a special day when citizens
of this country can help Armenians with financial support, considering that
many of them, being in the country that was at war, were forced to leave their
houses and belongings without any opportunity to care even for their primal
needs, are afflicted with hunger, disease and untold sufferings. Talat,
Minister of the Interior, sends a cable to the Aleppo Prefecture, ordering the
extermination of children at military installations.
1917
By a special decree/law the government of
Turkey condemns the 1978 Treaty of Berlin and especially Article 61. he Turkish
Empire to make their lives safe and their fate secure from aggression and
injustice, orders of foreign courts and parties.
It ended in 1917, but there were further
massacres of Armenians by the Turks in 1922
1918
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed between
Russia and Turkey after Russia's withdrawal brought about by the Russian
Revolution.
May 16, 1921
The independent Armenian Republic, in
existence since May 28, 1918, is transformed into the Soviet Socialist Republic
of Armenia.