Zeitun Resistance (1915)

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Zeitun Resistance

Date	August 30-December 1, 1914 and March 25-1915
Location	Zeitun in Kahramanmaraş Province
Result

Belligerents

Ottoman Empire

members of Hunchaks (Social Democrat Hunchakian Party)

Strength

1nd conflict: 20,000 Armed Armenian militia
2nd conflict: 69 grandes, 612 gun, 21 hand-gun, 70 horses

Casualties and losses

Over 100 soldiers.

60 Armenian militia for the first conflict, second unlisted

Armenian Genocide

Background
Armenians in the Ottoman Empire · Armenian Question · Hamidian Massacres · Zeitun Resistance (1895) · 1896 Ottoman Bank Takeover · Yıldız Attempt · Adana Massacre · Young Turk Revolution
The Genocide
Armenian notables deported from the Ottoman capital · Tehcir Law · Armenian casualties of deportations · Ottoman Armenian casualties · Labour battalion
Major extermination centers: Bitlis · Deir ez-Zor · Diyarbakır · Erzurum · Kharput · Muş · Sivas · Trabzon
Resistance: Zeitun · Van · Musa Dagh · Urfa · Shabin-Karahisar · Armenian militia · Operation Nemesis
Foreign aid and relief: American Committee for Relief in the Near East · National Armenian Relief Committee
Responsible parties
Young Turks: Talat · Enver · Djemal · Behaeddin Shakir · Committee of Union and Progress · Teskilati Mahsusa · The Special Organization · Ottoman Army · Kurdish Irregulars · Reşit Bey · Cevdet Bey · Topal Osman
Trials
Courts-Martial · Malta Tribunals · Trial of Soghomon Tehlirian
Aftermath
Partitioning of the Ottoman Empire · Denial of the Genocide · Post-Genocide timeline
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The Armenian militia of Hunchaks (Social Democrat Hunchakian Party) of the city Zeitun (Süleymanlı) had resisted on two armed conflicts, first between August 30-December 1, 1914 and second on March 25, 1915 to the Ottoman Empire.

1 First Resistance
2 Second Resistance
3 See also
4 Notes

[edit] First Resistance

The first resistance, which lasted three months from (August 30, 1914 to December 1, 1914), was reported that Armenians defeated all the Turkish troops. ^[1] 60 Armenian militia died during the first conflict in a report..They helped fight and resist against the extermination.

[edit] 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" ^[2] There is no number of casualties given but 69 grandes, 612 gun, 21 hand-gun, 70 horses was listed.

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

^ Washington post dispatch. The Washington post Friday, November 12, 1914. ARMENIANS JOIN RUSSIANS (this is about Van Resistance)AND 20,000 SCATTER TURKS NEAR FEITUN (this is about first Zeitun Resistance), '(see image detail for explanation)
^ Ambassador in Constantinople (Wangenheim) to the Reichskanzler (Bethmann Hollweg) pr. 05/13/1915 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