1901-1914
May 1904- 7500 Armenians are slain in Sassun by the Turks.
April 14 1908- Violent outbreaks in Adana (in Cilicia) and in near-by towns, in an
attempted counter-revolution by Turks supporting the Sultan. They are soon
squelched.
July 1908- Military coup in Salonica by the Young Turk movement (the Union and
Progress Party). There begins a brief period of collaboration among Turks,
Armenians and other minorities. The subsequent massacres in Adana do not
shake this new-found cooperation.
July 24, 1908- The Ottoman Constitution is proclaimed.
April 15-25, 1909- 30,000 Armenians are slaughtered in Adana, Tarsus and other towns of
Cilicia. The Turkish army bears direct responsibility, but the Armenian
community is willing to consider it as an isolated incident, and to
continue to trust the Young Turks until further events prove
otherwise.
January 29, 1913- In Turkey, the triumvirate of Enver, Talaat and Jemal Pasha heads the
government.
February 8, 1914- Under the combined influence of Russia and Great Britain,
the Turkish authorities sign the Armenian Reform Project and agree to take
certain measures in favor of the Armenian population.The Dutch, Westemeck,
and the Norwegian, Hoft, are appointed as General Inspectors of the
Armenian provinces, but they are rendered ineffective. The promised
measures are not implemented.
1914- 1915-The Armenian Patriarchate in Constantinople estimates the
Armenian population in Turkey at 2,100,000. World War I begins July 1914.
Loyally, the Armenians participate in the war effort. Mobilization of the
entire population, including Armenians, is decreed and the Armenians of
Turkey take part in the war on the Caucasian and Western fronts.
Immediately preceding the war, the Armenian population is neutral because
a number of Armenians in Russia is mobilized on the Russian side, and a
natural desire to avoid a fratricidal war. Some Armenian presence in the
Russian Army will become an argument used by the Turkish authorities in
their attempt to justify the measures they took later to destroy the
Armenian people.
April 14 1908- Violent outbreaks in Adana (in Cilicia) and in near-by towns, in an
attempted counter-revolution by Turks supporting the Sultan. They are soon
squelched.
July 1908- Military coup in Salonica by the Young Turk movement (the Union and
Progress Party). There begins a brief period of collaboration among Turks,
Armenians and other minorities. The subsequent massacres in Adana do not
shake this new-found cooperation.
July 24, 1908- The Ottoman Constitution is proclaimed.
April 15-25, 1909- 30,000 Armenians are slaughtered in Adana, Tarsus and other towns of
Cilicia. The Turkish army bears direct responsibility, but the Armenian
community is willing to consider it as an isolated incident, and to
continue to trust the Young Turks until further events prove
otherwise.
January 29, 1913- In Turkey, the triumvirate of Enver, Talaat and Jemal Pasha heads the
government.
February 8, 1914- Under the combined influence of Russia and Great Britain,
the Turkish authorities sign the Armenian Reform Project and agree to take
certain measures in favor of the Armenian population.The Dutch, Westemeck,
and the Norwegian, Hoft, are appointed as General Inspectors of the
Armenian provinces, but they are rendered ineffective. The promised
measures are not implemented.
1914- 1915-The Armenian Patriarchate in Constantinople estimates the
Armenian population in Turkey at 2,100,000. World War I begins July 1914.
Loyally, the Armenians participate in the war effort. Mobilization of the
entire population, including Armenians, is decreed and the Armenians of
Turkey take part in the war on the Caucasian and Western fronts.
Immediately preceding the war, the Armenian population is neutral because
a number of Armenians in Russia is mobilized on the Russian side, and a
natural desire to avoid a fratricidal war. Some Armenian presence in the
Russian Army will become an argument used by the Turkish authorities in
their attempt to justify the measures they took later to destroy the
Armenian people.