The Armenian population of Aleppo continued to grow as Aleppo was swallowed into the Ottoman Empire . The Ottoman Empire had a large indigenous Armenian population in its Eastern Anatolia region , from where some Armenians moved to Aleppo in search of economic opportunity . The Armenian presence in Aleppo grew exponentially after 1915 , when it became an immediate haven for refugees of survivors of the Armenian Genocide . Tens of thousands of Armenian refugees , likely well over 100,000 , settled in Aleppo during this period . By some estimates , Armenians accounted for a quarter of Aleppo 's population by the middle of the twentieth century , by which time they had become a respected , upwardly mobile community . Later , as a result of political upheaval in Syria , Armenians began to emigrate to Lebanon and later to Europe , the Americas and Australia , especially in the 1970s and 1980s . Nonetheless , Aleppo remained a center of the worldwide Armenian diaspora , ranging between 50,000 and 70,000 Armenians residents . Tens of thousands of Armenians left during the civil war , and it remains to be seen what will remain of the community when stability returns
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
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