Zeitun Resistance (1915)

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Zeitun Resistance
Part of Armenian Resistance
Date August 30-December 1, 1914 and March 25-1915
Location Zeitun in Kahramanmaraş Province
Belligerents
 Ottoman Empire Hunchak
Strength
1st conflict: 20,000 Armed Armenian militia
2nd conflict: 69 grandes, 612 gun, 21 hand-gun, 70 horses[citation needed]
Casualties and losses
Over 100 soldiers.[citation needed] 60 Armenian militia for the first conflict, second unlisted[citation needed]
Armenian Genocide
Background
The Genocide
Deportation
Resistance
Responsible parties
Trials
  • Courts-Martial
  • Malta Tribunals
  • Soghomon Tehlirian
Armenian population
See also

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.

First Resistance

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

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.[citation needed]

See also

HistoryPersecution of the ArmeniansPolitical and military leadersOrganizations and military units
Until Word War I
Political parties
Units

Notes

  1. ↑ 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)
  2. ↑ 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


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