Van resistance of 1915

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The Van resistance of 1915 was an armed defense by the Armenian population of the city of Van against Ottoman forces during the Armenian Genocide.

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Van resistance of 1915 canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed resistance ⓘ
event in World War I ⓘ
event of the Armenian Genocide ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
chronologicallyFollows increasing anti-Armenian measures in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
chronologicallyPrecedes large-scale deportations of Armenians from Van Vilayet ⓘ
conflictBelligerent Armenian defenders of Van ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
conflictType urban defense ⓘ
describedAs armed defense by Armenians of Van against Ottoman forces ⓘ
followedBy Russian occupation of Van ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Defense of Van ⓘ
Van uprising of 1915 ⓘ
hasCause Ottoman persecution of Armenians ⓘ
massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
threat of deportation of Armenians ⓘ
hasContext Caucasus Campaign of World War I ⓘ
Young Turk government policies ⓘ
hasEffect Ottoman accusations of Armenian rebellion ⓘ
further justification used by Ottoman authorities for deportations ⓘ
temporary Armenian control of parts of Van ⓘ
hasEndTime May 1915 ⓘ
hasMilitaryObjective protection of Armenian civilians in Van ⓘ
hasParticipant Armenian population of Van ⓘ
Armenian volunteer units ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Ottoman military forces ⓘ
hasResult destruction in the city of Van ⓘ
heavy Armenian civilian casualties ⓘ
withdrawal of Ottoman forces from parts of Van ⓘ
hasStartTime April 1915 ⓘ
hasTopic civilian self-defense ⓘ
ethnic violence in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
isPartOfHistoryOf Armenia ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
Van (city) ⓘ
linked to: city of Van
locatedIn Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Van ⓘ
Van Vilayet ⓘ
mainlyInvolvedEthnicGroup Armenians ⓘ
opposedBy Ottoman army ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Army

Ottoman gendarmerie ⓘ
opposingEthnicGroup Ottoman Turks ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Turk
partOf Armenian Genocide ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
supportedBy local Armenian self-defense groups ⓘ
timePeriod 1915 ⓘ

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Van Vilayet → significantEvent → Van resistance of 1915 ⓘ