Shabin-Karahisar uprising

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Date June 2–30, 1915 Location Castle at Şebinkarahisar Result Suppression of the uprising and massacre of the rest of the Armenians
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	Hunchaks
Commanders and leaders
Kazim Pasha	Aram Manukian
Strength
1,000	250
Casualties and losses
2 officers and 82 soldiers, 30 civilians	230 killed (including civilians)

The Shabin-Karahisar uprising

News of the massacres in other regions of Western Armenia made the people of Shabin-Karahisar think that their "turn" was coming soon. In April, 1915, hundreds of young men were suddenly imprisoned. In June, 1915, the region's Armenian religious leader was executed. Then, 200 Armenian merchants were killed as a part of a systematic campaign of genocide by the Ottoman authorities.

The able-bodied Armenians of Shabin-Karahisar thus decided to confront the Ottomans. They started by burning their own homes and fortified themselves in a nearby castle. Many Ottoman soldiers died in battle those days. After weeks of confrontation, the

The resistance at Shabin Karahisar was chronicled by Aram Haigaz, who survived the siege and subsequent deportation, in his book The Fall of the Airie.

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