The
Armenian militia
''Fedayi'' (Western hy, Ֆէտայի ''Fedayi''; Eastern hy, Ֆիդայի ''Fidayi''), also known as the Armenian irregular units or Armenian militia, were Armenian civilians who voluntarily left their families to form self-defense units and ...
of
Hunchaks (Social Democrat Hunchakian Party) of the city Zeitun (
Süleymanlı
Süleymanlı, also known as Zeitun ( hy, Զէյթուն), Zeytun, Zeytunfimis or Zeytünfimis, is a town in the Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey.
The village has an ancient history as a center of settlement. It was established on the Zeytun Stre ...
) had resisted on two armed conflicts, first from August 30 to December 1, 1914, and second on March 25, 1915, to the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
.
First resistance
The first resistance, which lasted three months from (August 30, 1914, to December 1, 1914), was reported that Armenians defeated all the Ottoman troops. 60 Armenian militia died during the first conflict in a report. They helped fight and resist the impending massacre of the local Armenian civilian population.
Second resistance
It is reported that on March 25, 1915 Zeitun was captured by the Ottoman Army. The date for the beginning of the conflicts is not known, but in a report from the Ambassador in Constantinople (Wangenheim) to the Reichskanzler (Bethmann Hollweg) it was claimed that the fighting was going "past few weeks".
Popular Culture
The resistance is mentioned in ''
The Forty Days of Musa Dagh
''The Forty Days of Musa Dagh'' (german: Die vierzig Tage des Musa Dagh) is a 1933 novel by Austrian- Bohemian writer Franz Werfel based on events that took place in 1915, during the second year of World War I and at the beginning of the Armenian ...
''.
See also
*
Zeitun rebellion (1895-96)
Notes
1915 in the Ottoman Empire
Armenian resistance during the Armenian genocide
1915 in Armenia
History of Kahramanmaraş Province
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