User:Takabeg/Zilan Katliamı
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Zilan massacre[1][2][3] or Zilan Valley massacre [citation needed] ([Komkujiya Zîlan[4] or Komkujiya Geliyê Zîlan[5][6][7]] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help), [Zilan Katliamı[8][9][10][11][12] or Zilan Deresi Katliamı[13][14] or Zilan Kırımı[15] or Zilan Deresi Kırımı[16] or Zilan Deresi Kıyımı[17]] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)), refers to the massacre[18][19] of the Kurdish residents of Turkey during the Ararat rebellion, in which 800-1500 armed men participated.[20]
It took place in Zilan canyon or Zeylân valley (Kurdish: Geliyê Zîlan, Turkish: Zilan Deresi, Zeylân Deresi) located in Erciş (Kurdish: Erdîş, in Van Province) in July 1930 before Third Ararat Operation (Turkish: Üçüncü Ağrı Harekâtı, September 7–14, 1930) that was a military operation of Turkish IX Corps under the command of Ferik (lieutenant general) Salih (Omurtak) against Mount Ararat. According to daily Cumhuriyet dated July 16, 1930, about 15,000 people[21][22][23], according to Hesen Hîşyar Serdî (1907-September 14, 1985, a participant to the Ararat rebellion and writer), 47,000 villagers from 18 villages of Ademan, Sipkan, Zilan and Hesenan tribes[24], according to Garo Sasuni (an Armenian researcher), 5,000 women, children and the elderly[25] were massacred.