There was conflict between Armenians and Turks between 1892 and 1915 . The Armenian Genocide followed in 1915 – 1916 until 1918 , during which the Ottoman government of the time ordered the deportation and killing of more than 1 million Armenians . These measures affected an estimated 75 – 80 % of all the Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire during World War I . Many died directly through Ottoman massacres , while others died as a result of dehydration , disease , and starvation during the death marches and in the Syrian Desert , and even more due to Kurdish raids on fleeing refugees during the death marches
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Armenians in Turkey