Ugly History: The Armenian Genocide - Ümit Kurt
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When an Armenian resistance movement began to form in the 19th century, Sultan Abdul Hamid II took decisive action. He led the Hamidian Massacres— a relentless campaign of violence that killed over 150,000 Armenians. These massacres were the culmination of centuries of oppression, yet they were only the beginning of an even greater tragedy. Ümit Kurt uncovers the history of the Armenian Genocide.
The aim of reforms of the 19th century in the Ottoman Empire was to eliminate the imperial hierarchy that institutionalized discrimination between Muslim and non-Muslim (Christian and Jewish) communities, laying the groundwork for the equal citizenship law that would come into force following the promulgation of the Ottoman Constitution of 1876. Why were the reforms fiercely contested by the Muslim community?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Ümit Kurt
- Director Héloïse Dorsan Rachet
- Narrator Adrian Dannatt
- Composer Dan Yessian, Yessian Music
- Sound Designer Weston Fonger, Sound Goods
- Music Production Ohad Wilner, William Wandel
- Music Performed by Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Produced by Abdallah Ewis
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Editorial Producer Dan Kwartler
- Script Editor Vivian Jiang
- Fact-Checker Charles Wallace
