r/europe • u/DrTheol_Blumentopf Germany • Jul 13 '25

On this day Today 95 years ago, the "Zilan massacre", a military operation led by the Kemal Atatürk-government, happened.

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u/DrTheol_Blumentopf Germany Jul 13 '25

The image involved is a Headline of the daily Cumhiriyet dated 13 July 1930: "Cleaning started, the ones at Zeylân valley were completely annihilated, None of them survived, operation at Agri are continuing. Ankara 12 (With telephone) ... According to latest information, the cleaning in districts of Ercis, Mount Süphan and Zeylân was completely finished".

Read more on the wikipedia if you wish: Zilan massacre - Wikipedia