ARMENIAN EVENTS IN UFRA AND THE EVENT OF DECEMBER 29 (1845-1914)

The population of city center of Urfa in 19th century basically consisted of three groups, Muslims, Armenians and Assyrians. The majority of Armenians in Urfa were Orthodox and a few of them were Catholic and Protestant. The majority of the society engaged in trade in Urfa in 1880s and the security of the city was taken over by a battalion. That peaceful atmosphere began to be broken from 1890s. Armenian revolts having been started by Armenian Komitadjis in July, 1895 all across the country affected also Urfa. One of the events within that period broke out on 29th December, 1895 in Urfa. In this study Armenian events in Urfa and the results of that painful period will be explained.