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Genocide is the systematic destruction of a group of people with the basic aim of putting an
end to their collective existence. Therefore, carrying out a genocide requires a centralized program and an internal mechanism of implementation. This makes genocide a state crime, since
only a state has all the resources which are necessary for the implementation of this policy.

The third stage of the Genocide was marked by
the murder and deportation into the Syrian desert
of women, children and the elderly. During the
deportation, hundreds of thousands of people were
killed by Turkish soldiers, policemen, and Kurdish
bandits, while the others died of starvation and
disease. Thousands of women and children were
violated. Tens of thousands of people were forced
to convert to Islam.

The final stage of the Armenian Genocide is
the universal and absolute denial of the mass
deportations and genocide committed by the
Turkish government against the Armenians in their
own homeland. Despite the continuing process
of international condemnation of the Armenian
Genocide, Turkey continues to fight this recognition
using all available means, including cheap
modifications of history, propaganda, lobbying
activities and other methods.