Hınıs
Hınıs (Kurdish: Xinûs,[1] Armenian: Խնուս, Khnus) is a town and district of Erzurum Province in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. The population is 9,792 (as of 2010). Historical monuments in the town include the castle and the Ulu Cami Mosque, said to be built in 1734 by Alaeddin, the bey of Muş.[2] The town is populated by Kurds.[3]
From amongst the citizens of Hınıs, at least three witnesses gave testimony to law enforcement of the following incidents regarding the Turkish/Kurdish Genocide:[4]
Whichever village they passed by, the Armenians who were guiding the Russians were killing all the men and raping the women, along with other lowly acts. Even the children and elderly would not be spared from their savage tyranny. They gathered a group of older women in a house and gave it to fire. They stuck the infants from pregnant women on bayonets and put them to display. Hundreds of people who saved their lives by fleeing are a witness to these events. A convoy of more than 500 elder men, women and children were taken to a place known as Arpaderesi and were annihilated by bullets and swords.
References
- ^ adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 56. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ Sinclair, T.A. (1989). Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume I. Pindar Press. p. 289. ISBN 9780907132325.
- ^ Bajalan, Djene Rhys. "Between Accommodationism and Separatism: Kurds, Ottomans and the Politics of Nationality (1839-1914)". University of Oxford: 186.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Eroğlu, Veysel (1995). Ermeni Mezalimi (3rd ed.). Istanbul: Sebil Yayinevi. p. 167. ISBN 975-7480-27-4.
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