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17-DEC-2011

Gaziantep December 2011 1685.jpg

The Araptar incident.
To end insurgencies in Maraş the French sent 450 men on January 12th, 1920, from Antep. Arriving in a village, Araptar, they misbehaved, protesting citizens fled into the mountains, there attracting people from other villages. The French fired on the gathered crowd, then were fired upon themselves. A commission later concluded the French were to blame.

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