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As British and French battleships launched their attack on Gallipoli in

1915, the Russian army had begun invading Eastern Anatolia. Collaborating
with the Russian army, some Armenian groups were encouraged by the

British deep state to attack the Ottoman soldiers. As a result, the Ottoman
army had to fight not only regular armies, but also Armenian guerillas. When

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80,000 soldiers of the 3 Army became martyrs in Sarıkamış Erzurum in the
winter of 1915, the Turkish defense weakened, enabling the Russian Army

and the Armenian rebels to advance. The Dashnak, Armenakan and Hun-
chak parties, which were operating under direct control of the British deep

state, were organizing the Armenian riots. According to New York Times re-
port of November 14, 1922, the number of Armenians who fought on the side

of the Allies reached almost 200,000.

The following instruction of the Dashnak's leadership to its followers

sheds a light on the policy some rebellious Armenians pursued during the war:

As soon as the Russians have crossed the borders and the Ottoman armies have
started to retreat, you should revolt everywhere. The Ottoman armies thus will

be placed between two fires: if the Ottoman armies advance against the Rus-
sians, on the other hand, their Armenian soldiers should leave their units
with their weapons, form bandit forces, and unite with the Russians... 234

The Armenian riot in February 1915 resulted in the martyrdom of almost
the entire Muslim population of the city of Muş. According to the records of

the Turkish Army, the number of martyrs reached 20,000. After this and
many other big and small riots, the Ottoman Empire summoned the Ar-

menian Patriarch, Armenian parliament members, and the leading figures of
the Armenian community and asked them to make necessary efforts to end

the riots.

However, instead of slowing down, things got worse. Especially in March

1915, the Mahmudiye, Saray and Perakal massacres in Van, as well as the
Zeitun and Bitlis riots, made the situation in the region extremely volatile.
However, what happened in Van was the final straw. In April, some 30,000

Armenians rebelled in the region and when the Ottoman soldiers failed to

suppress the rebellion, the rebels handed the key of the city to Russian Gen-
eral Yudenich in May.

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