Draft:Hasankeyf - Kerburan massacre (1915)
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Hasankeyf - Kerburan Massacre As part of the Ottoman Empire's broader anti-Christian policies during World War I, a coordinated attack took place on June 11, 1915, targeting Assyrian Christian civilians in Hasankeyf, Kerburan (present-day Dargeçit), and other nearby settlements along the Tigris River. Reports indicate that approximately 200 civilians were killed in the violence.
| Massacre of Assyrian near Hasankeyf (1915) | |||||||
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| Part of Sayfo (Assyrian Genocide) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Ottoman Empire Rama tribe Other Kurdish tribes | Assyrian civilians | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Rashid Pasha (ordering attack) Omer (lawless bandit) Mustafa (lawless bandit) | None | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Hundreds killed | ||||||
Background
[edit]During World War I, the Ottoman Empire implemented a series of policies targeting its Christian minority populations, including Armenians, Assyrians (Syriacs), and Greeks. These policies, often justified under the guise of internal security and wartime necessity, led to widespread massacres, forced deportations, and cultural destruction—events many scholars now recognize as acts of genocide.[1]
In southeastern Anatolia, where large populations of Syriac Christians had lived for centuries, the violence was particularly intense. The region around Hasankeyf and Kerburan (present-day Dargeçit) was home to numerous Syriac villages and monastic communities. These communities were targeted in coordinated attacks, frequently carried out by Kurdish tribes groups, sometimes with direct military assistance or approval from Ottoman authorities.[2]
The massacre of June 11, 1915, took place within this broader context of religious and ethnic persecution. It forms a part of the Sayfo (also known as the Assyrian Genocide).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Travis, Hannibal. Genocide in the Middle East: The Ottoman Empire, Iraq, and Sudan. Carolina Academic Press, 2010.
- ^ Gaunt, David. Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia during World War I. Gorgias Press, 2006.
- ^ Yacoub, Joseph. Year of the Sword: The Assyrian Christian Genocide, A History. Oxford University Press, 2016.