Defense of Van (1915)

Van Resistance; Van Uprising/Van Ayaklanması; Van Resistance/Վանի Հերոսամարտ
	Part of the Caucasus Campaign of World War I
	; Armenian troops holding a defense line against Ottoman forces in the walled city of Van in May 1915.
Date	19 April – 17 May 1915
Location	Van, Ottoman Empire
Result	Ottoman retreat, Armenian victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	Armenian residents of Van
Commanders and leaders
Djevdet Bey; Halil Bey; Köprülü Kâzım Bey; Rafael de Nogales	Aram Manukian
Strength
3rd Army; 5,000	1,300
Casualties and losses
	55,000 civilians

The Siege of Van, Resistance at Van, (Armenian: Վանի Հերոսամարտ Vani Herosamart, Turkish: Van Direnişi) or Van Rebellion, Van Revolt (Turkish: Van İsyanı), Armenian Revolution at Van (Turkish: Van İhtilâli^[4]^[5]) was a resistance during the World War I against Ottoman Empire.

Related pages

Armenian Genocide

Sources

↑ Richard G. Hovannisian, The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times, Vol II Foreign Dominion to Statehood: The Fifteenth Century to the Twentieth Century, Palgrave, 1997, ISBN 978-0-312-10169-5, p 251.
↑ Morgenthau, 227
↑ Balakian, 207
↑ The General Headquarters used this term in its ciphertext dated 8/9 May 1915, Ali İhsan Sâbis, Birinci Dünya Harbi, 2. cilt, Nehir Yayınları, ISBN 975-551-067-2, p. 434. (in Turkish)
↑ The debates of Meclis-i Vükelâ on 15–17 August 1915 were recorded with title of "Van İhtilali ve Katl-i Amı" (Van Revolution and Massacre) dated 1 Zilkade 1933/10 September 1915, Stanford J. Shaw, Ezel Kural Shaw, History of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey, Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, 1977, ISBN 978-0-521-29166-8, p. 338.

[1] Richard G. Hovannisian, The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times, Vol II Foreign Dominion to Statehood: The Fifteenth Century to the Twentieth Century, Palgrave, 1997, ISBN 978-0-312-10169-5, p 251.

[2] Morgenthau, 227

[3] Balakian, 207

[4] The General Headquarters used this term in its ciphertext dated 8/9 May 1915, Ali İhsan Sâbis, Birinci Dünya Harbi, 2. cilt, Nehir Yayınları, ISBN 975-551-067-2, p. 434. (in Turkish)

[5] The debates of Meclis-i Vükelâ on 15–17 August 1915 were recorded with title of "Van İhtilali ve Katl-i Amı" (Van Revolution and Massacre) dated 1 Zilkade 1933/10 September 1915, Stanford J. Shaw, Ezel Kural Shaw, History of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey, Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, 1977, ISBN 978-0-521-29166-8, p. 338.

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