Western Armenia

a term used for eastern parts of Turkey (formerly the Ottoman Empire) that were part of the historical homeland of Armenians.

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The modern concept of United Armenia as claimed by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. Areas overwhelmingly populated by Armenians (Republic of Armenia: 98% and Javakheti: 95%). Historically Armenian areas with presently no or insignificant Armenian population after massacres (1894–1897), genocide (1915–1917) and expulsions (2023) (Western Armenia, Nakhichevan, and the former Republic of Artsakh in Nagorno-Karabakh).

Western Armenia (Western Armenian: Արեւմտեան Հայաստան, Arevmdian Hayasdan) is a term to refer to the western parts of the Armenian highlands located within Turkey (formerly the Ottoman Empire) that comprise the historical homeland of the Armenians. Western Armenia, also referred to as Byzantine Armenia, emerged following the division of Greater Armenia between the Byzantine Empire (Western Armenia) and Sassanid Persia (Eastern Armenia) in AD 387.

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