Adana massacre

Body of Armenians massacred during the Adana massacre.

The Adana massacre happened in Adana Province, in the Ottoman Empire, in April 1909. A religious-ethnic clash in the city of Adana amidst governmental upheaval resulted in a series of anti-Armenian pogroms throughout the district.^[1] Reports estimated that the massacres in Adana Province resulted in 20,000 to 30,000 deaths.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Adana Massacre Media

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Henry K. Carroll of the Boards of Foreign Missions pleading to the US Secretary of State for protection of Christians with the Ottoman Empire.
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An Armenian town pillaged and destroyed during the Adana massacre.
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Bodies of Armenians killed during a clash in Adana.
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Armenian quarters burnt during the massacre.
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This page from a 1911 publication contrasts the ruins of the Armenian quarter of Adana with an untouched Turkish district nearby.
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The Adana massacre on the front cover of the Le Petit Journal
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Ruins of a street in the Christian section of Adana. Ottoman government forces fired upon Christians from the minaret at center.
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Armenian orphans of Adana Dârüleytâm.

References

↑ Creelman, James (22 August 1909). "The Slaughter of Christians in Asia Minor" – via NYTimes.com.
↑ "30,000 KILLED IN MASSACRES; Conservative Estimate of Victims of Turkish Fanaticism in Adana Vilayet. DEADLY WORK CONTINUES Tribesmen Besiege Towns and March on Others -- Messengers to American Women Slain. CLASH FEARED AT BEIRUT Druses Gather to Avenge Murder of Deputy and Mohammedans Prepare to Oppose Them". 25 April 1909 – via NYTimes.com.
↑ "Article 8 -- No Title". 7 May 1909 – via NYTimes.com.
↑ The Armenian Genocide, Arte France, The cie des Phares et Balises
↑ Century of Genocide: Eyewitness Accounts and Critical Views By Samuel. Totten, William S. Parsons, Israel W. Charny
↑ Walker, 1980, pp.182-88

Other websites

[1] Creelman, James (22 August 1909). "The Slaughter of Christians in Asia Minor" – via NYTimes.com.

[2] "30,000 KILLED IN MASSACRES; Conservative Estimate of Victims of Turkish Fanaticism in Adana Vilayet. DEADLY WORK CONTINUES Tribesmen Besiege Towns and March on Others -- Messengers to American Women Slain. CLASH FEARED AT BEIRUT Druses Gather to Avenge Murder of Deputy and Mohammedans Prepare to Oppose Them". 25 April 1909 – via NYTimes.com.

[3] "Article 8 -- No Title". 7 May 1909 – via NYTimes.com.

[4] The Armenian Genocide, Arte France, The cie des Phares et Balises

[5] Century of Genocide: Eyewitness Accounts and Critical Views By Samuel. Totten, William S. Parsons, Israel W. Charny

[6] Walker, 1980, pp.182-88

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