The Ottoman parliament passed the Tehcir Law on 29 May 1915 , which enabled the massive deportation the Armenians from their historic homeland . These deportations and massacres resulted in the deaths of about 1,500,000 Armenians , and are referred to as the Armenian Genocide by most scholars of the period ; official Turkish sources follow a denial campaign , often referring to an ″ Armenian insurgency " and disputing the number of victims
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Armenian resistance during the Armenian Genocide