Zeitun Resistance

Zeitun Resistance

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

Combatants

members of Hunchaks (Social Democrat Hunchakian Party)

Strength

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

Casualties

Over 100 soldiers.

60 Armenian militia for the first conflict, second unlisted

Armenian Genocide

Early elements
Hamidian Massacres · 1896 Ottoman Bank Takeover · Adana Massacre · Young Turk Revolution
The Genocide
April 24, 1915 · Tehcir Law · Armenian casualties of deportations · Ottoman Armenian casualties
Major extermination centers Dayr az-Zawr · Sivas · Muş · Diyarbakır · Erzurum · Trabzon
Resistance (Armenian resistance) Zeitun · Van · Musa Dagh · Sasun · Urfa
Other targeted groups Assyrians · Pontic Greeks
Foreign reactions and aid Reactions · American Committee for Relief in the Near East
Responsible parties
Young Turks Enver · Talat · Djemal · Committee of Union and Progress · The Special Organization · Ottoman Army · Kurdish Irregulars
Aftermath Operation Nemesis · Partitioning of the Ottoman Empire · Denial
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The Armenian militia of Hunchaks (Social Democrat Hunchakian Party) of the city Zeitun had resisted on two armed conflicts first between August 30-December 1, 1914 and second on March 25-1915 to the Ottoman Empire.