What the records say
- When
- 27 Jul 1890
- Kind
- Protest
- Coordinates
- 41.00° N, 28.96° E
- Description
- battles involving Armenian National movement
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Kum Kapu demonstration
Battles involving Armenian National movement
The Kum Kapu demonstration occurred in the Kumkapı district of Constantinople on July 27, 1890. It ensued in skirmishing in which several demonstrators and four police officers were killed. The intent of the demonstration was "..to awaken the maltreated Armenians and to make the Sublime Porte fully aware of the miseries of the Armenians."
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