1915 genocide in Diyarbekir

Tigris river rafts, similar to those used to kill Christian notables from Diyarbekir in 1915

In 1915, a systematic anti-Christian genocide was committed in Diyarbekir vilayet, claiming the lives of most Armenians, Syriac Christians, Greek Orthodox, and Greek Catholics living there. The genocide was ordered by governor Mehmed Reshid, partly with the backing of the CUP Central Committee.


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