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Following the
Following the Armenian genocide
The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily through t ...
, ''vorpahavak'' ( hy, որբահաւաք; ) was the organized effort to "reclaim" women and children who had been abducted and forcibly converted to Islam during the genocide.
See also
*Rape during the Armenian genocide
During the Armenian genocide, which occurred in the Ottoman Empire under the leadership of the CUP, Armenian women in the Ottoman Empire were targets of a systematic campaign of genocidal rape, and other acts of violence against women describe ...
*Forced religious conversion
''Forced'' is a single-player and co-op action role-playing game developed by BetaDwarf, released in October 2013 for Windows, OS X and Linux through the Steam platform as well as Wii U. It is about gladiators fighting for their freedom in a ...
*'' Orphans of the Genocide''
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