Adana massacre

1909 massacres of Armenian civilians by Ottoman muslims

The Adana massacres occurred in the Adana Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire in April of 1909. Many Armenians were slain by Ottoman Muslims in the city of Adana as the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 triggered a series of pogroms throughout the province. Around 20,000 to 25,000 ethnic Armenians were killed and tortured in Adana and surrounding towns, it was reported that about 1,300 Assyrians were also killed during the massacres. Unlike the previous Hamidian massacres, the events were not officially organized by the central government, but culturally instigated via local officials, Islamic clerics, and supporters of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP).

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