Late Ottoman Genocides

Though it receives far less emphasis in modern interpretations of 20th-century history, the First World War was just as full of horrors and terrible moments as the Second. The Ottoman empire's collapse, which was followed by heinous acts of bloodshed and efforts of ethnic cleansing throughout the new lands, was among the darkest.

Even though there is considerable debate in Turkey over whether they qualify as genocides, some historians see them as part of a continuous succession known as the Late Ottoman Genocides. Even while the genocide against the Armenians is still remembered and discussed, there was also brutality against Assyrians, Greeks, Kurds, Arabs, Jews, and other groups.

Old ethnic tensions between communities and the new geopolitical conditions of the region led to numerous atrocities, many of which were committed by the armed forces of the newly formed states as the vast empire that once stretched across eastern Europe, northern Africa, and the Middle East crumbled and made way for new nations.

Date: 1910s–1920s