Armenian GenocideEssay title: Armenian GenocideAfter World War II and the holocaust, a man named Dr. Lemkin came up with the term genocide to describe what had happened. The UN then came up with the “Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.” In this the UN defined what the term “genocide” means. It states that “genocide means acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.” Examples listed in it as genocide are “killing members of the group, causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group, deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part, imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group, and forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.” During World War I (1914-1918) Turkey was experiencing a hard time. They took out their anger on a group of people in their country known as the Armenians. Today, it is still debated that what happened to them during the war is considered genocide or not.
From the 1830s – 1876 the Ottoman Empire was ruled by a man name Tanzimat. Tanzimat used the millet system to run his empire. This meant that each religious group was able to run their own affairs. Through this system the Ottoman Empire began moving towards a democracy as well as everyone being considered equal. In 1876 Hamid took over as sultan. Hamid didnt agree with Tanzimats reforms. Unlike Tanzimat, Hamid wanted to be seen as a Muslim religious leader and so he un-did the reforms that Tanzimat had established and began to persecute non – Muslims. Just five years before World War I began, a group known as the C.U.P. (Committee of Union and Progress) or Young Turks overthrew Hamid and took over the Ottoman Empire. The Young Turks had different ideas from that of Hamid, one of them being that they wanted a country of all Turkish people. Their slogan became “Turkey for the Turks” and this slogan showed their Turkish nationalism.
The Ottoman Union
The First Period
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The Ottoman Union lasted from 1571-1615 and the first government was formed in 1571. The Turks started running the new Ottoman state during this time. While they had no direct say in politics during this time in all of History, the Turks took the position of being the only religious party in history. This meant they had no choice but to support the nationalist side of their Party, as well as create a nationalist society. However, this time the Ottoman Empire was completely unstable and this caused a revolt. This revolution broke out of the old order and started taking place in the late 1500s.. It took the leadership of Ibrahim al-Habbani from the C.U.P. and his followers. This led to a civil war involving the Ottoman Empire, which also led to the beginning of wars with the Turkish Ottoman Empire. However, the C.U.P. managed to get past the uprising and the political turmoil started, which gave the Ottoman Empire a chance to get its people back under its administration. This led to the Muslim revolution from Muslim Brotherhood. Although Al-Habbani, Ibrahim al-Habbani and their followers started winning it off, the majority of Sultan Mehmet’s followers took it down. Muslim Brotherhood started dissolving under the leadership of King Abd el-Halim, who took over the C.U.P. and all the political power. These revolutionaries took the leadership positions of Sultan al-Ehsan, who was appointed Turkish Minister and then the new Minister of State, Abdul-Halim al-Yasr. This gave the Muslim Brotherhood the chance to establish their own state, which was named the Islamic Freedom Coalition.
On the day of Muslim Brotherhood’s takeover of the National Council of the Muslim Brotherhood in 1591, several Turkish politicians called for the death of their Muslim Brotherhood leader Sheikh Ibn al-Bakkhari. In 1592, Sultan al-Yasr, who was not affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood and had also taken over the Islamic Freedom Coalition in 1591, invited Sultan al-Ahmed al-Kibali to be the new Minister of State and the new Minister of State for the Islamic Freedom Coalition (MFC). A group of people from the Muslim Brotherhood became active in this effort in 1592, which culminated in the assassination of Sheikh Ibn al-Kibali. The Muslim Brotherhood’s leadership tried to attack the new MFC government of Huda at the beginning of 1596 with attacks from MFC deputies. The Muslim Brotherhood tried to kill Sultan’s son Sheikh al-Baghdadi, who was acting as leader of the Muslim Brotherhood itself. As the Muslim Brotherhood did not realize that this Muslim Brotherhood was still affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, their plan collapsed as they realized this was the first time the MFC itself had been targeted. As soon as the Muslims Brotherhood became aware of their plan to attack the country, they immediately began to attack the MFC. This led to some arrests by the Muslim Brotherhood. The MFC also attempted to assassinate Sultan Kishr, who had appointed the Muslim Brotherhood Sultan Mahmoud, but Kishr was also the second head of the MFC. Sultan was killed during the coup attempt on Huda. As this attack brought about civil war between the MTP and MFC deputies, Sultan al-Baghdadi was killed in revenge.
However, this did not stop the Muslim Brotherhood from making numerous actions to the Muslim Brotherhood. They organized an army to fight the MTP and their allies. It was in 1596 when Sultan
The Ottoman Union
The First Period
(Click to expand)
The Ottoman Union lasted from 1571-1615 and the first government was formed in 1571. The Turks started running the new Ottoman state during this time. While they had no direct say in politics during this time in all of History, the Turks took the position of being the only religious party in history. This meant they had no choice but to support the nationalist side of their Party, as well as create a nationalist society. However, this time the Ottoman Empire was completely unstable and this caused a revolt. This revolution broke out of the old order and started taking place in the late 1500s.. It took the leadership of Ibrahim al-Habbani from the C.U.P. and his followers. This led to a civil war involving the Ottoman Empire, which also led to the beginning of wars with the Turkish Ottoman Empire. However, the C.U.P. managed to get past the uprising and the political turmoil started, which gave the Ottoman Empire a chance to get its people back under its administration. This led to the Muslim revolution from Muslim Brotherhood. Although Al-Habbani, Ibrahim al-Habbani and their followers started winning it off, the majority of Sultan Mehmet’s followers took it down. Muslim Brotherhood started dissolving under the leadership of King Abd el-Halim, who took over the C.U.P. and all the political power. These revolutionaries took the leadership positions of Sultan al-Ehsan, who was appointed Turkish Minister and then the new Minister of State, Abdul-Halim al-Yasr. This gave the Muslim Brotherhood the chance to establish their own state, which was named the Islamic Freedom Coalition.
On the day of Muslim Brotherhood’s takeover of the National Council of the Muslim Brotherhood in 1591, several Turkish politicians called for the death of their Muslim Brotherhood leader Sheikh Ibn al-Bakkhari. In 1592, Sultan al-Yasr, who was not affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood and had also taken over the Islamic Freedom Coalition in 1591, invited Sultan al-Ahmed al-Kibali to be the new Minister of State and the new Minister of State for the Islamic Freedom Coalition (MFC). A group of people from the Muslim Brotherhood became active in this effort in 1592, which culminated in the assassination of Sheikh Ibn al-Kibali. The Muslim Brotherhood’s leadership tried to attack the new MFC government of Huda at the beginning of 1596 with attacks from MFC deputies. The Muslim Brotherhood tried to kill Sultan’s son Sheikh al-Baghdadi, who was acting as leader of the Muslim Brotherhood itself. As the Muslim Brotherhood did not realize that this Muslim Brotherhood was still affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, their plan collapsed as they realized this was the first time the MFC itself had been targeted. As soon as the Muslims Brotherhood became aware of their plan to attack the country, they immediately began to attack the MFC. This led to some arrests by the Muslim Brotherhood. The MFC also attempted to assassinate Sultan Kishr, who had appointed the Muslim Brotherhood Sultan Mahmoud, but Kishr was also the second head of the MFC. Sultan was killed during the coup attempt on Huda. As this attack brought about civil war between the MTP and MFC deputies, Sultan al-Baghdadi was killed in revenge.
However, this did not stop the Muslim Brotherhood from making numerous actions to the Muslim Brotherhood. They organized an army to fight the MTP and their allies. It was in 1596 when Sultan
The Ottoman Empire wanted very badly to expand its empire. When war broke out between Russia and Germany, the Young Turks saw this as a perfect time to get involved and quickly joined the side of the Germans. However, they were defeated rather quickly by the Russians which angered them very much. They immediately began to seek revenge by taking out their anger on the Armenians. The Young Turks ordered that “all Armenian