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U.S. Media Coverage
Coverage of the Turkish atrocities was extensive by the American Press. Over 194 news articles appeared in the New York Times.
| Appeal to Turks to Stop Massacres | April 28, 1915 | New York Times |
| Morgenthau Intercedes | April 29, 1915 | " |
| 6,000 Armenians Killed | May 17, 1915 | " |
| Allies to Punish Turks who Murder | May 24, 1915 | " |
| Wholesale Massacres of Armenians by Turks | July 29, 1915 | " |
| Report Turks Shot Women and Children | August 4, 1915 | " |
| Burn 1,000 Armenians | August 20, 1915 | " |
| Armenians Sent to Desert to Perish | August 18, 1915 | " |
| Turks Depopulate Towns of Armenia | August 27, 1915 | " |
| 1,500,000 Armenians Starve | September 5, 1915 | " |
| Answer Morgenthau by Hanging Armenians | September 16, 1915 | " |
| Mission Board Told of Turkish Horrors | September 17, 1915 | " |
| 500,000 Armenians Said to Have Perished | September 24, 1915 | " |
| The Depopulation of Armenia | September 27, 1915 | " |
| Armenian Women Put Up at Auction | September 29, 1915 | " |
| Armenian Officials Murdered by Turks | September 30, 1915 | " |
| Annihilation of Armenians Threatened | October 2, 1915 | The Survey |
| Death of the Armenian People | October 2, 1915 | Literary Digest |
| Government Sends Plea for Armenia | October 5, 1915 | New York Times |
| 800,000 Armenians Counted Destroyed | October 7, 1915 | " |
| Send $100,000 to Aid Armenian Refugees | October 9, 1915 | " |
| Spare Armenians Pope Asks Sultan | October 11, 1915 | " |
| Turkish Officials Deny Atrocities | October 15, 1915 | " |
| The Assassination of a Race | October 18, 1915 | The Independent |
| Turkey Bars Red Cross | October 19, 1915 | New York Times |
| Only 200,000 Armenians Left in Turkey | October 22, 1915 | " |
| Germany Says She Cannot Stop Turks | October 22, 1915 | " |
| Who Can Save Armenia? | October 30, 1915 | Literary Digest |
| Aid for Armenians Blocked by Turkey | November 1, 1915 | New York Times |
| Pope May Make New Plea to Kaiser | December 9, 1915 | " |
| Million Armenians Killed or in Exile | December 15, 1915 | " |
| 500 Armenians Slain Under Turkish Order | January 15, 1916 | " |
| Murder of Armenia | February 5, 1916 | Living Age |
| Saw Armenians Go Starving to Exile | February 6, 1916 | New York Times |
| Turkey's Treatment of the Armenians | July 5, 1916 | The Outlook |
| Signs of Death in Turkey | October 1916 | Missionary Review |
| Protest of German Teachers | November 1916 | Current History |
| Why the Armenians Were Killed | November 11, 1916 | Literary Digest |
| Turkish Foreign Minister's Defense | December 1916 | Current History |
| Must Armenia Perish? | June 23, 1917 | The Independence |
| A Call to Rescue Armenia | September 29, 1917 | Literary Digest |
| The Rescue of Armenia | November 1917 | Missionary Review |
| Armenians Killed with Axes by Turks | November 1917 | Current History |
| How Your Gift is Saving the Armenians | March 9, 1917 | Literary Digest |
| Ten Million Dollars for Relief | July 1918 | Missionary Review |
| Sultan Searching Out Authors of Killing | December 7, 1918 | New York Times |
| Saw Armenians Drowned in Groups | February 3, 1919 | " |
| "Ravished Armenia" in Film | February 15, 1919 | " |
| Turkey Condemns its War Leaders | July 13, 1919 | " |
| Shall Armenia Perish? | February 28, 1920 | The Independent |
| Will Armenia be Saved? | August 1921 | Missionary Review |
| Armenia's Tragic Finish | February 25, 1922 | Literary Digest |
| Crimes of Turkish Misrule | October, 1922 | Current History |
1895 Erzeroum Massacres
Bottom: Harpers Weekly, December 14, 1895 (page 1248). The Erzeroum Armenian victims of the massacres are buried in a mass grave in Erzeroum cemetery. From 1895-96, 150,000 innocent Armenians were killed by Turkish government soldiers without provocation (Censored).
