Massacre de Adana

massacre of Armenian Christians by Ottoman Muslims

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Location: Adana Vilayet , Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey )
Date: April 1909
Target: Mostly Armenians , but also Greeks and Assyrians
Attack type: Pogrom , genocidal massacre , ethnic cleansing
Deaths: 20,000–30,000
Injured: Unknown
Perpetrators: Factions of the Committee of Union and Progress , Ottoman Turkish civilians
Motive: Anti-Christian sentiment , ethnic cleansing , Turkification , forced acquisition of property, business, and agricultural resources

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O massacre de Adana ocorreu na Província de Adana, no Império Otomano, em abril de 1909. Um conflito étnico-religioso na cidade de Adana no meio da resultou em uma série de pogroms anti-armênios em todo o distrito. Relatórios estimam que os massacres na província de Adana resultaram em 15 000-30 000 mortes.

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