On the night of April 24, 1915, arrests of the Armenian intelligentsia began in Constantinople, which became the symbol of the beginning of the Armenian Genocide. Among those arrested were Komitas, Daniel Varuzhan, Siamanto, Ruben Sevak, and Yervand Otyan.
In May 1918, in the battles of Sardarapat, Bash-Aparan and Gharakilisa, the Armenian people halted the advance of the Ottoman army toward Eastern Armenia. The victory at Sardarapat became a turning point in the national struggle.
Introduction: Tsitsernakaberd, the commanding memorial complex overlooking the city of Yerevan, transcends its physical presence to become a sanctuary of remembrance, paying homage to the resilience of the Armenian people in the wake of one of the 20th century's most heinous crimes—the Armenian Geno…
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