Modern Era · Middle East · Politics

1909

Adana massacre

April 24, 1909

As reformers in Constantinople argued over the new constitution, Ottoman mobs and soldiers attacked Armenian quarters in Adana and neighboring towns in Cilicia. Perhaps twenty thousand Armenians died in two waves of killing over several weeks. It was a preview of 1915. The Young Turks who had promised brotherhood and equality presided, unable or unwilling to stop it.

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Before and after in Middle East

Before: 1908: Oil discovered in Persia
After: April 24, 1915: Armenian genocide begins

Before and after in Politics

Before: October 6, 1908: Austria annexes Bosnia
After: May 6, 1910: Edward VII dies, George V takes throne

Era

Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Adana massacre