This Happened — April 24: Armenian Genocide Began

Updated April 24, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.

The Armenian genocide began on this day in 1915, when the Ottoman government arrested and deported hundreds of Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople (now Istanbul).

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