The Massacres of Hamidian Era and Armenian Resistance

In the 1890s, the Ottoman Empire under Sultan Abdul Hamid II unleashed a wave of state-sanctioned massacres against its Armenian subjects, killing an estimated 100,000 to 300,000 people. This episode dives into the Hamidian massacres of 1894-1896, focusing on the brutal suppression of the Sassoun rebellion, the role of the Hamidiye cavalry—Kurdish irregulars armed by the state—and the desperate response of Armenian revolutionaries like the Hunchakian and Dashnaktsutyun parties. We explore the 1896 occupation of the Ottoman Bank by Dashnak fedayee in Constantinople, the international outcry led by figures like Gladstone, and the failure of European powers to intervene. The episode also examines how these massacres set the stage for the Armenian national movement and foreshadowed the genocidal policies of the Young Turks. Drawing on eyewitness accounts and diplomatic reports, we uncover a chapter of Ottoman history that remains controversial and largely unacknowledged. #HamidianMassacres #AbdulHamidII #OttomanEmpire #Sassoun #HunchakianParty #Dashnaktsutyun #Fedayee #Hamidiye #OttomanBank #EasternQuestion #ArmenianRevolution #KurdishTribes #Gladstone #Constantinople #Zeytun #History #FexingoHistory #ArmenianGenocide Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo