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→"The Thirty-Year Genocide" (1894–1924)
refers to a continuous, calculated campaign by the Ottoman Empire and Turkish nationalists to eradicate Anatolia's Christian minorities. The Christian population plummeted from roughly 20% to just 2%, resulting in the deaths of approximately two to three million [[Armenians]], [[Greeks]], and [[Assyrians]].
refers to a continuous, calculated campaign by the Ottoman Empire and Turkish nationalists to eradicate Anatolia's Christian minorities. The Christian population plummeted from roughly 20% to just 2%, resulting in the deaths of approximately two to three million [[Armenians]], [[Greeks]], and [[Assyrians]].
Historians Benny Morris and Dror Ze'evi popularized this framing in their book, '"The Thirty-Year Genocide: Turkey's Destruction of Its Christian Minorities, 1894–1924'', published by Harvard University Press.
Historians Benny Morris and Dror Ze'evi popularized this framing in their book, ''The Thirty-Year Genocide: Turkey's Destruction of Its Christian Minorities, 1894–1924'', published by Harvard University Press.
The genocide occurred in three distinct waves across three different political regimes:
The genocide occurred in three distinct waves across three different political regimes: