Short Term Causes
- Armenian nationalism let the Armenians have enough power to give reforms against Turkey while Turkey was still recovering from a war. This displeased Turkey.
- Recent massacres by Turkish
- Fighting over land
- Turkey's government was overthrown by a new group, the "young Turks"
Long Term Causes
- For thousands of years, the Armenians, Turks and some others were fighting over Southern Caucus
- Armenians changed their religion to Christianity
- Previously, Armenians were politically abused and they were discrimination.
Long Term Effects
- The Ottoman Empire came to an end
- Still today, Armenians want Turkey to get in trouble for the genocide
- Armenians still try to get a bill signed against Turkey
- 1,745,390 Armenians were killed
Short Term Effects
- Rape
- Armenians were driven into the mountains and deserts
- Beating
- Injures
- Many deaths
- Orphans (possibly)