===The Armenian Genocide===
The '''Armenian Genocide''' ({{Lang-hy|Հայոց Ցեղասպանութիւն}} ("Hayoc' c'ejaspanut'iwn"), {{Lang-tr|Ermeni Soykırımı}}) — also known as the '''Armenian Holocaust''', '''Great Calamity''' (Մեծ Եղեռն "Mec Ejer'n" ) or the '''Armenian Massacre''' — was the forcible deportation and massacre<ref>New York Times Dispatch. [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F1091FFF3C5412738FDDA10894D8415B868DF1D3 Lord Bryce's report on Armenian atrocities an appalling catalogue of outrage and massacre.]. The New York Times, October 8, 1916.</ref> of hundreds of thousands to over 1.5 million [[Armenians]] during the government of the [[Young Turks]] from 1915 to 1917 in the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref>"Cultural Cleansing: Who Remembers The Armenians," in Robert Bevan. The Destruction of Memory, Reaction Books, London. 2006, pp. 25–60</ref>
It is widely acknowledged to have been one of the first modern, systematic [[genocide]]s,<ref>Ferguson, Niall. ''The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West''. New York: Penguin Press, 2006 p. 177 ISBN 1-5942-0100-5</ref><ref name="IAGS">[http://www.genocidewatch.org/TurkishPMIAGSOpenLetterreArmenia6-13-05.htm A Letter from The International Association of Genocide Scholars]</ref> as many Western sources point to the sheer scale of the [[Ottoman Armenian casualties|death toll]] as evidence for a systematic, organized plan to eliminate the Armenians.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/R?r110:FLD001:S03144|title = Senate Resolution 106 - - Calling on the President to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to Human Rights, Ethnic Cleansing, and Genocide Documented in the United States Record relating to the Armenian Genocide|publisher = Library of Congress}}</ref> The event is also said to be the second-most studied case of genocide after the Nazi [[Holocaust]].<ref name="nazi">R. J. Rummel, ''The Holocaust in Comparative and Historical Perspective'', A Journal Social Issues, April 1, 1998 — Vol.3, no.2</ref> To date twenty-two countries have officially [[Recognition of the Armenian Genocide|recognized]] it as genocide. The government of the Republic of Turkey [[Denial of Armenian Genocide|rejects]] the characterization of the events as genocide.<ref name="BBC News">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6045182.stm |title=Q&A: Armenian 'genocide'|author=|authorlink=|publisher=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=2006-12-29|date=[[2006-10-12]]}}</ref>
== The status of the Ottoman Armenians ==
