the Armenian nation celebrated alongside the Turks as they looked forward to a prosperous future. Even though the rights for Armenians were being fought for, they were still viewed as infidels in the eyes of the Islamic population, as not believing in Islam. Anti-Armenian rallies were held and turned into violent sessions of hate, for example, in 1909 two hundred villages were plundered and over 30,000 people were massacred. They would soon find out that the triumvirate that had formed would not easily give up their control, but instead seize the government entirely.
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