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Armenian Genocide

First Balkan War broke out and ended with the defeat of the Ottoman Empire

1912
Turkey (then Ottoman Empire)

In 1912, the First Balkan War broke out and ended with the defeat of the Ottoman Empire as well as the loss of 85% of its European territory. Many in the empire saw their defeat as "Allah's divine punishment for a society that did not know how to pull itself together". The Turkish nationalist movement in the country gradually came to view Anatolia as their last refuge. The Armenian population formed a significant minority in this region.


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