Kum Kapu demonstration
The Kum Kapu demonstration occurred in the Kumkapı district of Constantinople on July 27, 1890. It ensued in skirmishing in which several demonstrators and four police officers were killed. The intent of the demonstration was "..to awaken the maltreated Armenians and to make the Sublime Porte fully aware of the miseries of the Armenians."
| Kum Kapu demonstration | |||
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| Date | July 27, 1890 | ||
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| Methods | Demonstrations | ||
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| Lead figures | |||
Medzn Mourad Sultan Abdul Hamid II | |||
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