User:Yerevantsi/Western Armenia
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Western Armenia[lower-alpha 1] (Western Armenian: Արևմտեան Հայաստան, Arevmdean Hayasdan),[lower-alpha 2] formerly known as Turkish Armenia[lower-alpha 3] (Թրքահայաստան, T’rk’ahayastan or Տաճկահայաստան Tačkahayastan, Daǰkahayasdan)[20] is a term, primarily used by Armenians, to refer to the eastern parts of the Turkey (originally the Ottoman Empire) that are considered part of the traditional Armenian homeland. It held a significant Armenian population from antiquity to the Armenian Genocide of 1915.
The area was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. Influenced by the successful campaigns for independence of the Balkan nations, the Armenians began a struggle for independence. Sultan Abdul Hamid II reacted with widespread massacres of Armenians in the 1890s. The Armenians living in their ancestral lands were exterminated during the Armenian Genocide in 1915 and the following years. The over two thousand year Armenian presence in the area largely ended[21][22] and the cultural heritage was mainly destroyed by the Turkish government.[23][24][25]
Although virtually no Armenians live in the area today, some Armenian nationalist groups, most notably the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, claim it as part of United Armenia.