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the mechanics
of genocide
How was the Armenian Genocide carried out? How many stages
did the Turkish authorities use to implement this monstrous
program? What was special about each stage?

The first stage of the implementation of the
Armenian Genocide was the conscription of 60,000
Armenian men to the Ottoman army, followed by
the confiscation of their weapons and their murder
by the Turkish members of their companies.

The second stage was the series of arrests that
occurred on April 25, 1915 (mainly in the capital of the
Ottoman Empire, Constantinople), followed by the
elimination of hundreds of Armenian intellectuals
and statesmen. Later, Armenians around the world
began to mark April 24 as a day of memorial to the
victims of the Armenian Genocide.