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April 24, 1915: The Intellectual Foundation of Armenian Genocide
On the night of April 24, 1915, Ottoman authorities arrested over 200 Armenian intellectuals in Constantinople—writers, poets, lawyers, clergymen, and political leaders. This episode explores the meticulously planned roundup that signaled the beginning of the Armenian Genocide. We follow the fate of figures like Komitas, Grigor Zohrab, and the patriarchate leadership, and examine how the Ittihadist regime used deportation orders and the Special Organization to dismantle a culture. With a focus on the destruction of Armenian intellectual life, we uncover a tragedy that reverberates in Armenian…
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