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In May 27, 1915, hundreds of Armenians were captured by Ottoman authorities in Urfa. The rest sat in a meeting in order to figure a way out of the problem. People thought of many different things, but Megerdich Yotneghpayrian and his partisans were some of the few who preferred to fight till death instead of ceding to the enemy. Previous events like the Adana massacre made him increasingly cautious of the new Young Turk government and the Turkish constitution. 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Adana massacre occurred in the city of Adana, in the Ottoman Empire, in April 1909. ... The Young Turks were a Turkish nationalist reform party, officially known as the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) — in Turkish the Ittihad ve Terakki Cemiyeti — whose leaders led a rebellion against Sultan Abdul Hamid II (who was officially deposed and exiled in 1909). ...

In September 29, the Armenian militia started confronting the Turkish army against all odds. They received help from some other Armenians of Urfa. Even the women and the elderly contributed in the Yotneghpayrian's efforts. They were able to hold their ground for 21 days, but they were not able to confront the Germans and lost after exhaling their last breath. Defenders of Van in front of ARF flag Armenian militia (Armenian irregular units, or Armenian Cethes, Armenian: ), better known by Armenians as Fedayee is a term referring to Armenian guerrillas who voluntarily leave their families in order to fight for Armenians. ...

References

• Translated and NPOVed from the Armenian: Mihran Kurdoghlian, Badmoutioun Hayots, C. hador [Armenian History, volume III], Athens, Greece, 1996, pg. 93-95.