A great tragedy took place at that sorroundings which was named Çan in old Armenian language. That tragedy’s ruins couldn’t be removed for 80 years. Both witnesses and hearers of that complete desctruction summarize the event so: Hamidiye Regiments ( military forces) sees the Armenians around as a danger for continuity of Ottoman. For that reason they arrenge a big operation.
They need also the help of muslims living around, so they promise who attend will not serve military duty, but they couldn’t find enough support. Then they used islamic propaganda and they found a partial support for their aims. Knowing themselves as the original element of that geography and without knowing what kind of a tragedy waiting for them Armenians, young- old-children, all of them were gathe |