Massacres in Erzurum

The Massacres of Erzurum or Erzurum Massacres were the massacres of Armenians in the city. Turkish soldiers took an active part in the massacres in Erzurum. The soldiers began a massacre of the Armenians and the Turkish populace joined in the attack. The shops and houses of the Armenians were pillaged.

Over 60,000 Armenians have been butchered. In Trebizond, Erzurum, Yerznka, Hasankale and numberless other places the Christians were crushed like grapes during the vintage.

British consul
Following the massacres of Erzurum of October 30, 1895, a British consul put the hand on two letters sent to his brother and to his parents by a Turkish soldier:

"My brother, if you want news from here, we killed 1,200 Armenians, all tiny rooms in pâtée for dog [... ] Mother, I am healthy and except. Father, twenty days ago, we carried out the war against the Armenian incrédules. By the grace of God, no misfortune arrived to us. The rumour says that our battalion will be dispatched in your part of the world - if it is the case, we will kill all the Armenians there. Other share, 511 Armenians were wounded, and it perishes about it one or two each day. If you want news of the soldiers and bachi bouzouks, not only one did not bleed of the nose [... ] That God blesses you."

Publications

 * THE DESTITUTION AT ERZEROUM.; Review of the Massacre and Plunder Worse than Sassoun's, New York Times, December 6, 1895
 * Erzeroum Massacres, Harpers Weekly, December 14, 1895

Other websites

 * Massacres of Erzerum (in French)
 * The Vilayet of Erzeroum

Masakro de Erzurum Эрзурумская резня (1895) Massacres of Erzurum