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{{Mergefrom|Battle of Van|date=May 2007}}
{{Infobox Military Conflict
|conflict=Van Resistance<br>Վասպուրականի ապստամբությունը
|image=[[Image:Van Defenders.jpg|280px]]
|caption=Armenian troops holding a defense line against Turkish forces in the walled city of Van in May 1915.
|date=[[April 19]], [[1915]] - [[May 6]], [[1915]]
|place=City of [[Van, Turkey|Van]], [[Van Province, Ottoman Empire|vilâyet of Van]]
|result=Armenian victory
(contracted; show full)toman Empire]] suffered in a wave of violence commonly known as the [[Hamidian massacres]]. While Van largely avoided massacres in [[1895]], the Ottomans send a military expedition in June of 1896. Armenians were initially able to defend themselves in Van, but upon agreeing to disarm in exchange for safety, massacres continued, culminating in the death of over 20,000 Armenians.

Despite this, Armenians continued to make up a relative majority of the population in what is today known as [[Eastern Anatolia]]
 or [[Western Armenia]]). According to [[Viscount Bryce]], their numbers were between 1.8 and 2.1 million.<ref>A.A. Türkei 183/44. A27493, October 4, 1916. (German archives); The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, Documents presented to Viscount Grey of Fallodon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs By Viscount Bryce, London 1916 </ref> In the Van province, they constituted an absolute majority over the combined Turkish and Kurdish population.<ref>Walker, Christopher J. ''Armenia: The Survi(contracted; show full)[[Category:History of Armenia]]
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[[Category:Armenian Genocide]]
[[Category:Armenian resistance]]


[[es:Resistencia de Van]]