what was the main reason of the armenian genocide?

Answer 1

During WW1 some Armenians who were christian sided with The Russian Empire in the fight against the Turkish Empire.
The Turks decided to eliminate the whole of Armenian society by destroying their villages and forcing the survivors to go on a death march where most of them died through hunger, thirst and exposure.
Many were raped and murdered by their escorts.

Ania Mania - please learn some history - there was no Soviet Union at this time - it was before the Bolshevik Revolution.

Answer 2

Dr. Taner Akcam (a Turkish historian) explains perfectly in this clip:

Armenian Genocide: 1900's-1920

The land in question, was the last piece of land in the hands of the Turkish rulers, which they taught they were going to lose. First, the Serbs got their independence from the Ottoman Empire, then the Greeks, and the Bulgarians, and the Romanians..and slowly, the empire was decreasing.

The Turkish rulers thought they were going to lose their land to the Armenians as well (since the Armenians were asking for independence and equal rights with Muslims). Therefore, to rescue the Ottoman Empire, they had to "Homogenize" the population of Anatolia. Therefore, they implemented the deportation and killings of all Christian people from Anatolia.

Scroll 1:25
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=q8xncQKCEQI

Answer 3

It was caused by ww1, turkey thought that Armenia was defending Soviet Russia, and since the Turks were apart of the allies they believed the right thing to do was to attack the armenians.