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The Armenian Genocide was carried out by the "Young Turk" government of the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire and other ethnic groups such as the Assyrians and Greeks. The Armenian Genocide was masterminded by the Central Committee of the Young Turk Party (Committee for Union and Progress) which was dominated by Mehmed Telat, Ismail Enver, and Ahmed Djemal. The Armenian Genocide was directed by a Special Organization set up by the Committee of Union and Progress, which created special "butcher battalions," made up of violent criminals released from prison.