The Lions of Marash

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Éditeur : University of New York	Date & Lieu : 1973, New York
Préface :	Pages : 366
Traduction :	ISBN : O-87395-20O-6
Langue : Anglais	Format : 150x230 mm
Code FIKP : Liv. Ang. Ker. Lio. Gen. 441	Thème : Général

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The Lions of Marash Stanley E. Kerr University of New York Press Fifty-two years ago Turkish insurgents fought the French army of occupation in the ancient city of Marash, Turkey. It was the first major battle of the Turkish War of Independence, a war which ended in the expulsion from Anatolia of all foreign armies and the overthrow of the sultanate by Mustafa Kemal Pasha. In 1914 some eighty-six thousand Armenians lived in Marash and its neighboring villages. By January 1923 none of them remained. I worked in Marash as a member of Near East Relief during 1920 and 1922, the years of the last two phases of the decimation of the Armenians in Turkey. This book reviews the deportations of 1915, the siege of 1920, and the final


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Contents Foreword by Bayard Dodge / ix Preface / xv Acknowledgments / xvii Introduction by Richard Hovannisian / xix Part one Exile and Repatriation 1. Marash on 20 January 1920 / 3 2. War on the Eastern Front / 10 3. Resistance at Zeitun and Fundijak / 14 4. Deportation from Marash / 22 5. Wartime Relief Work in Aleppo / 28 6. The Occupation of Cilicia / 33 7. Rehabilitation / 41 8. Unrest in Syria / 52 Part Two The Marash Rebellion 9. The French Occupation of Marash / 61 10. Preparations for Conflict / 65 11. Assignment to Marash / 72 12. Harassment of the French / 78 13. Disaster at Christmas / 86 14. The Marash Rebellion / 95 15. Events in the Mission Compound / 104 16. The Sheikh’s Quarter / 113 17. Devastation and Massacre / 120 18. Places of Defense and Refuge / 131 19. Mediation Sc a Military Reversal / 143 20. Corneloup’s Withdrawal / 152 21. Betrayal of a Trust / 157 22. Victory for the Nationalists / 164 23. A Precarious Peace / 175 24. The Retreat to Islahiyé / 186 25. The French Evacuation / 193 Part Three The Exodus 26. Restoration of Order / 199 27. Medical Affairs / 809 28. The Conflicts at Urfa and Aintab / 814 29. Muslim-Christian Encounters / 881 30. The Hazards of Travel in Turkey / 226 31. The End of Zeitun / 231 32. The Accords of London and Ankara / 235 33. Life under the Nationalist Regime / 238 34. The Final Exodus / 847 Appendix A Memorandum of W. Nesbitt Chambers of Near East Relief Relating to the Marash Disturbances of January 21 to February 10, 1920 / 255 Appendix B Extracts from the Diary of ymca Secretary Crathern Concerning the Siege and War in Marash, January 20 to February 11, 1920 / 259 Appendix C Portions of a Report of Auguste Bernau to the American Consul J. B. Jackson, Aleppo, 21 September 1916 / 272 Notes / 275 Bibliography / 297