What the records say
- When
- 1915
- Kind
- Genocide
- Coordinates
- 37.91° N, 40.24° E
- Description
- Genocide of the Christian population of Diyarbakır in the Ottoman Empire
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1915 genocide in Diyarbekir
Genocide of the Christian population of Diyarbakır in the Ottoman Empire
In 1915, a systematic anti-Christian genocide was committed by Ottoman authorities in Diyarbekir vilayet, claiming the lives of most Armenians and Syriac Christians living there. The genocide was ordered by governor Mehmed Reshid, partly with the backing of the ruling Committee of Union and Progress.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article
The source
Nearby in time and place
- Deportations of Kurds1916 · Expulsion or deportation
- Defence of IwardoJul 1915 · Siege
- Urfa Resistance29 Sep 1915 · Battle
- Defense of Azakh18 Aug 1915 · Siege
- Bitlis uprisingMar 1914 · Rebellion
- Eastern AnatoliaMay 1916 · Territorial claim
- Battle of Erzincan2 Jul 1916 · Battle
- Battle of Manzikert (1915)10 Jul 1915 · Battle