- The Genocide of the Armenians by the Turkish government during World War I represents a major tragedy of the modern age. In this the first Genocide of the 20th century, almost an entire nation was destroyed. The Armenian people were effectively eliminated from the homeland they had occupied for nearly three thousand years. This annihilation was premeditated and planned to be carried out under the cover of war.
- The atrocities committed against the Armenian people of the Ottoman Empire during WWI are defined as the Armenian Genocide.
- Several countries included the United States were paid off by the Turks not to mention anything about what was happening in Armenia in their media.