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The '''Armenian Genocide''' was the massacre of Armenians in the [[Ottoman Empire]], especially the deaths of 600,000<ref> Armenians say 1.5 million. </ref> Armenians from Anatolia during [[World War I]]. [[Turkey]] (which in 1923 became the successor state to the Ottoman Empire) has denied its responsibility, suggesting that preplanned genocide did not occur. Turkey says it was a confusing period where many people were killed because of political uprisings. Armenians, however, blame all Turks for the disaster, and for decades have launched political and sometimes violent attacks against Turkey.

The '''Armenian Genocide''' was the massacre of between 600,000 to 1,500,000 Armenians in the [[Ottoman Empire]], Anatolian region of the Ottoman Empire during [[World War I]]. [[Turkey]] (which in 1923 became the successor state to the Ottoman Empire) has denied its responsibility, suggesting that preplanned genocide did not occur. Turkey says it was a confusing period where many people were killed because of political uprisings. Armenians have maintained the slaughter was deliberate and planned, ordered and carried out by the leadership of the Turkish government at the time.  

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