1889 Bashkale clash

The Bashkale Resistance (Armenian: 1889 թվականի Բաշկալեի բախում) was the bloody encounter between three revolutionaries of Armenakan and some Ottoman officials in May 1889. It is named after the town of Başkale in the Van Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire, today in Van Province of Turkey. The event was important as it was reflected on main Armenian newspapers as the recovered documents on the Armenakans showed an extensive plot for an uprising.

Bashkale Resistance
DateMay, 1889
Location
Başkale, Van Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Belligerents
 Ottoman Empire Armenakan Party
Strength
4 zaptiyes 3 revolutionaries
Casualties and losses
none 2 killed.
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