On april 24, 1915, the ottoman government arrests some armenian intellectuals and cultural leaders in constantinople, deports them to a prison in the interior, where many of them were tortured and killed

On April 24,1915, the Ottoman government arrests some 235 to 270 Armenian intellectuals and cultural leaders in Constantinople,deports them to a prison in the interior, where many of them were tortured and killed. This day is often referred to as the "Red Sunday". The arrested Armenian intellectuals and cultural leaders were deported to holding centers near Ankara. Overall the total estimated Armenians arrested were nearly 2345. The Tehcir Law passed on 29th of May in the year 1915 the people that were detained were allowed to be relocated within the Ottoman Empire.

The statistics for the eastern war are grim. more than three-million men died in the fighting, more than nine-million men were wounded, and every major country which participated lost its form of government.