Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Battle of Marash" in English language version.
The French military units, together with Armenian volunteers, assumed control of Maras, Antep and Urfa by September 1919. According to French sources, 'some 12,000 Armenians had resettled in the southern provinces by the end of 1919'. Under the spectre of returning Armenians seizing their old property, the Muslim nouveaux riches threw their support behind Kemal's nationalist forces who took control of the region in early 1920. Thousands of Christians were massacred in Maras...
The French military units, together with Armenian volunteers, assumed control of Maras, Antep and Urfa by September 1919. According to French sources, 'some 12,000 Armenians had resettled in the southern provinces by the end of 1919'. Under the spectre of returning Armenians seizing their old property, the Muslim nouveaux riches threw their support behind Kemal's nationalist forces who took control of the region in early 1920. Thousands of Christians were massacred in Maras...
The French military units, together with Armenian volunteers, assumed control of Maras, Antep and Urfa by September 1919. According to French sources, 'some 12,000 Armenians had resettled in the southern provinces by the end of 1919'. Under the spectre of returning Armenians seizing their old property, the Muslim nouveaux riches threw their support behind Kemal's nationalist forces who took control of the region in early 1920. Thousands of Christians were massacred in Maras...
