Urfa resistance Urfa uprising | |||||
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Part of Armenian resistance during the Armenian genocide | |||||
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Ottoman Empire | Ottoman Armenians |
The Urfa resistance (Armenian: Ուրֆայի հերոսամարտի, Turkish: Urfa İsyanı) was an effort by some Ottoman Armenians in Urfa to defend themselves against the Armenian genocide launched by the Ottoman Empire. The resistance was quelled following German intervention.[1]