Category: Atrocity, from Wikidata’s class “massacre”
Zilan massacre
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The Zilan massacre was the massacre of thousands of Kurdish civilians by the Turkish Land Forces in the Zilan Valley of Van Province on 12/13 July 1930, during the Ararat rebellion in Ağrı Province.
The massacre took place to the north of the town of Erciş on Lake Van. It was carried out by the IX Corps of the Third Army under the command of Ferik (Lieutenant General) Salih Omurtak. The number of people killed in the massacre ranges from 4,500 women and elderly to 15,000 rebels per Cumhuriyet.
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Zilan massacre. (2026, June 26). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zilan_massacre&oldid=1361235802
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