The Ottoman Empire establıshed and thrived at the cost of the tragedy of millions of children. The policy of mass murder and forced Turkification became the cornerstone of the Turkish nation-building strategies and the creation of a large empire. Devshirme, that was practiced by the sultans and was a special tax in the form of forced selection of children, mostly boys, of different nationality - Armenians, Greeks, Bulgarians, Serbs, Georgians, Assyrians, Romanians and others: tens of thousands of children were forcibly separated from their families and ethnic environment to be Turkified and used as a tool during the invasive wars of the Ottoman Empire. Forced collection of children and the practice of slavery in the Ottoman Empire are some of the most shameful pages of history of civilization.

As a result of the genocide committed by Young Turks and Kemalists in the early 20th century over half a million Armenian, Greek and Assyrian children were exterminated or Turkified by force. Genocide committed against the Christians in Turkey is one of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century, at the same time a terrible and hitherto unpunished crime against humanity and civilization.

In April, 2014, the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute for the first time is organizing a temporary exhibition dedicated to the tragic faith of the children victims of the Armenian Genocide.

In autumn 2015, Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute will organize an international conference dedicated to the tragic destiny of children victims of Armenian Genocide.