In 1914-22, Armenian Dashnak paramilitaries and volunteers serving in the Russian, Greek and French armies carried out mass killings of Turks, Azeris and Kurds, in an effort to carve out an ethnic Armenian state in Anatolia and the Caucasus. Over 523,000 Muslim civilians, not including those missing or buried in mass graves, were identified as victims. An estimated 2.5 million Muslims were killed or displaced by the Armenian nationalists; Armenians loyal to the Ottoman state were also targeted.
On behalf of the Pax Turcica Institute of America and the families of survivors, we ask President to recognize and mention the Muslim victims of these horrific atrocities in the annual April 24th Presidential Message commemorating the Armenian suffering in World War I.