Past Brutalities Against Christians

Ottoman empire killed a million and a half Christians between 1915-1918 according to new book

"Year of the Sword" a New book documents atrocities of the Ottoman's against Christians a subject that often stays hidden and is overlooked. The author focuses on Assyrian Christian's experiences under the murderous Ottoman empire of the early 20th century. The author points to the rise of Turkish nationalism as the leading cause of the atrocities.

The Young Turks, a revolutionary group that called for a new nationalism for Turkey as the Ottoman empire was fading, were the force behind the mass extermination of Christians, according to many historians. It was led by a group called the Donmeh, which was believed to be a Jewish religious cult that had been posing as Muslims in the Ottoman empire for centuries.