The 1915 Genocide
On August 22, 1915, Turkey started their annihilation of all Armenians. The whole plan was to take all Armenians, strategically, into deserted areas of the Turkish Republic and obliterate the entire race within a year in secrecy. The Sultan wanted to start by getting rid of all able-bodied men first so their defences were weakened, along with any opportunity for a revolt. So, thousands of Armenian men who were enlisted in the Ottoman Empire's army were killed first, since they were considerably the strongest of all Armenian men. The rest of all adult men were arrested, deported from their towns forcing them to march long distances to weaken them, and murdered them in these remote locations, far away from civilization so no one could find out.
Women were also lead to deserted areas. On their march, they either died from starvation or were tortured, in most cases they were sexually abused. Luckily for the young-adult women, they were kept alive. The reason for this was so they could be forced to marry Turks and become slave-brides.
Before each man or woman was killed in the vacant area, they were given the choice to either die a Christian or carry on life as a Muslim. In most cases, the Turks just wanted to hear the Armenians beg by asking this question, and murdered them no matter the answer.
The children were usually kidnapped or abducted and converted to Muslim by force. When they were converted, they became orphans. They eventually all died of starvation.
Further Extinction
Not only did the Turkish goverment want all of the Armenians dead, but they wanted all their remains, buildings and houses burnt. The massacres of the Armenians wasn't enough, but the Young Turks wanted to have the rest of the world completely forget about the existance of the Armenians. When the Armenians were deported from their houses, the military then burnt down the houses and entire communities, along with anything historical about the 3000 years of Armenian existance and culture. What wasn't burnt down, such as farms, banks, land, and other landmarks that could be used by the Turks were, in fact, used to the best of their abilities.