Status of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire and the Armenian Atrocities in Kagizman (1918-1920)


One of the non-Müslim publics which lived within the territories of Ottoman State was Armenian Public. Contrary to the other non muslims, Armenians have established close relations with muslim subjects. They had lived in peace together with muslims under the sovereignty of Ottoman State for centuries. In early times, Armenians were not influenced so much by the nationalism which was a consequence of French Revolution, but later, they began to attempts of independence from Ottoman State. Especially in the places where they claim that they are majority, they chose violence as a method to enforce Muslims to leave the region. In this article, generally, the social lives, the professions, the population of Armenians in Ottman State, and the duties that they had in Ottoman State Administration have been studied. And, specifically, the persecution of Armenians on muslims using secret society to be independent from Ottoman State, has been studied. In this case, Kagızman town of Kars has been specifically studied.


Keywords


Armenian Question, Terrorizing, Kagızman, Muslims, Persecution

Author : Yılmaz KARADENİZ -Hidayet KARA
Number of pages: 1543-1565
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7827/TurkishStudies.1461
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Journal of Turkish Studies
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