As for what they get paid, it depends on rank and time in service. For a Private (E1), the 2012 pay chart would have them start off at a base pay of $1491/month, and this could go all the way up to a base pay of $2885 for a Staff Sergeant (E6) with more than six years in service.
The goal of the Young Turks was to modernize and reinvigorate the faltering empire and stop Europe from taking Ottoman territoryâstarting with Macedonia.
The policy of genocide against the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire started with the annihilation of the male population and subsequent deportation the rest of the people into the Syrian deserts. These deportations quickly turned into âdeath marchesâ. Deportation caravans mostly consisted of old people, women and children.