Wikipedia:Today's featured list/April 24, 2015

Some of the famous Armenian intellectuals who were detained, deported, and killed in 1915

The deportation of Armenian intellectuals on 24 April 1915 was an event during the Armenian Genocide in which leaders of the Armenian community of the Ottoman capital of Constantinople (today Istanbul) and later other locations were arrested and sent into exile by orders of the Ottoman government. Among those detained were poets, writers, musicians, doctors, architects, and other Armenian intellectuals belonging to different professions. Most of the 2,345 Armenians who were detained and then deported were ultimately killed. A few, such as Vrtanes Papazian and Komitas, were saved through intervention. Some survivors, such as Komitas, developed serious cases of post-traumatic stress disorder. 24 April has been chosen as Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day in order to commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide. Most who commemorate the Armenian Genocide consider 24 April 1915 to be the date on which the event began. (Full list...)