Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Defense of Van (also known as the Siege of Van; Van Resistance to the Armenians (Armenian: Վանի հերոսամարտ) Vani herosamart) and Van Rebellion/Revolution to the Turks (Turkish: Van İsyanı/İhtilâli), was an insurgency against the Ottoman Empire's attempts to massacre the Armenian population in the Van Vilayet. Several contemporaneous observers and later historians have pointed out that the Ottoman government deliberately instigated the armed Armenian resistance by enforcing the conditions on their subjects and then used this insurgency as a main pretext to justify the forced deportations of Armenians from all over the empire. However, the decisions of deportation and extermination were made before the Van resistance.The assessment of witness reports maintained that the Armenian posture at Van was defensive and an act of resistance to massacre. Based mostly in the city of Van, it was one of the few instances during the Armenian Genocide when Armenians fought against the Ottoman Empire's armed forces.. }
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- Defense_of_Van_(1915) abstract "The Defense of Van (also known as the Siege of Van; Van Resistance to the Armenians (Armenian: Վանի հերոսամարտ) Vani herosamart) and Van Rebellion/Revolution to the Turks (Turkish: Van İsyanı/İhtilâli), was an insurgency against the Ottoman Empire's attempts to massacre the Armenian population in the Van Vilayet. Several contemporaneous observers and later historians have pointed out that the Ottoman government deliberately instigated the armed Armenian resistance by enforcing the conditions on their subjects and then used this insurgency as a main pretext to justify the forced deportations of Armenians from all over the empire. However, the decisions of deportation and extermination were made before the Van resistance.The assessment of witness reports maintained that the Armenian posture at Van was defensive and an act of resistance to massacre. Based mostly in the city of Van, it was one of the few instances during the Armenian Genocide when Armenians fought against the Ottoman Empire's armed forces.".