Here is the definition of genocide;
Article II
In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
- Killing members of the group;
- Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
- Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
- Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
- Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
What did Ottomans not do?
- Did Ottoman state killed members of “the group”? No. It was a temporary relocation order.
- Did Ottoman state give harm to members of “the group”? Maybe but it is not clear. It is a relocation order so yes forcefully being from your home is a trauma which could cause some amount of mental harm to some people.
- Did Ottoman state deliberately inflicted on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part? No. Not intentionally. Ottomans were fighting the world bloodiest war in two fronts, during the events Ottoman soldiers were also dying of cold disease and hunger in thousands.
- Did Ottoman state impose measures to prevent births? No.
- Did Ottoman state forcibly transfer children of the group to another group? No.