Armenian Christian victims of the Hamidian massacres, 1895. The massacres began in the Ottoman interior in 1894, and ended with 300,000+ people killed. This genocide was a precursor to the larger Armenian Genocide two decades later during World War I, in which the Muslim Turks murdered an estimated 1.5 million Armenian Christians.

Armenian Christian victims of the Hamidian massacres, 1895. The massacres began in the Ottoman interior in 1894, and ended with 300,000+ people killed. This genocide was a precursor to the larger Armenian Genocide two decades later during World War I, in which the Muslim Turks murdered an estimated 1.5 million Armenian Christians.