Zeitun Resistance (1915)

The Armenian militia of Hunchaks (Social Democrat Hunchakian Party) of the city Zeitun (Süleymanlı) had resisted on two armed conflicts, first from August 30 to December 1, 1914, and second on March 25, 1915, to the Ottoman Empire.

First resistance

The first resistance, which lasted three months from (August 30, 1914, to December 1, 1914),[1] was reported that Armenians defeated all the Ottoman troops.[2] 60 Armenian militia died during the first conflict in a report. They helped fight and resist the impending massacre of the local Armenian civilian population.[3][4]

Second resistance

It is reported that on March 25, 1915 Zeitun was captured by the Ottoman Army. The date for the beginning of the conflicts is not known, but in a report from the Ambassador in Constantinople (Wangenheim) to the Reichskanzler (Bethmann Hollweg) it was claimed that the fighting was going "past few weeks" [5] There is no number of casualties given but 69 grandes, 612 gun, 21 hand-gun, 70 horses was listed.

The resistance is mentioned in The Forty Days of Musa Dagh.[6]

See Also

Notes
  1. Bartrop, Paul R. (2019-09-12). Modern Genocide: A Documentary and Reference Guide. ABC-CLIO. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-4408-6234-2.
  2. Washington post dispatch. The Washington post Friday, November 12, 1914. ARMENIANS JOIN RUSSIANS (this is about Siege of Van) AND 20,000 SCATTER TURKS NEAR FEITUN (this is about Zeitun Resistance), '(see image detail for explanation)
  3. Dündar, Fuat (31 December 2011). Crime of numbers. Transaction Publishers. p. 129. ISBN 978-1412843416.
  4. Payaslian, Simon (2007). The history of Armenia : from the origins to the present (1st ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 134. ISBN 978-1403974679.
  5. Ambassador in Constantinople (Wangenheim) to the Reichskanzler (Bethmann Hollweg) pr. 13 May 1915 a.m.
    The authorities most likely presume that the Armenians from Zeitun have also been agitated by foreign subversive activities to put up armed resistance to the government. It cannot be denied that the Armenian movement has taken on a worrying character over the past few weeks, which has given the government cause to introduce severe repressive measures
  6. Werfel, Franz (1935). The Forty Days of Musa Dagh. New York: The Viking Press. p. 81-114.


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