Some say it was made up by Armenians journalists who were butthurt the Turkish government wouldn't let them publish articles supporting the Ottoman Empire's enemies plus a bunch of Armenians who didn't like the free trip they got to a desert in the middle of nowhere.
Why would you trust anything an Armenian says when between New Testament times and 1948 they were to the Middle East what the Jews were to Europe? The Armenians are a Levantine merchant race and very Jewish in spirit. I mean fuck, remember baby-killing King Herod in the Bible? Ever hear that his great-grandson was King of Armenia?
So on this basis I'm gonna say probably not.