“The threat could be eliminated by removing the Armenians from the places where they lived and sending them to other places.”

— İsmail Enver

Quoted in "A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility" - by Taner Akcam - History - 2007 - Page 143.

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