The
April 24 circular is the name given
to the circular passed by the
Ottoman government around
April 24, 1915, which authorized
the arrest, deportation, and killing of around 6,000 members of the
Armenian community of
Constantinople.<ref name="CWalker1">
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Armenian Genocide Rememberance Day is
April 24, due to the historic date of the circular.
Execution of the circular
The April 24 circular was published by the interior office
on the orders of
Talat Pasha. It was in turn carried out by the
Supreme Military Command (military) on
April 26 1915, on the second day of
Battle of
Gallipoli.
Arrest, deportation, and massacre
Between April 23 and 24 in 1915, the Turkish authorities arrested
235 community leaders in
Constantinople, including writers, educators,
social leaders, and businessmen.<ref
name="CWalker1"/><ref>
</ref><ref>
Kamuran Gürün, Tarih Boyunca Ermeni
Meselesi, p. 213</ref>. They were held at the central police
station for three days, before being exiled to the villages of
Ayash and
Chankiri in central
Anatolia. After a second round of
arrests, the total number reached 600; and later 5,000 working
class Armenians were taken too.<ref name="CWalker1"/> While
many were murdered in the vicinity, the important Armenian public
figures were sent toward
Diyarbekir.<ref name="CWalker1"/> Among
these were the parliamentary deputies Vartkes (
Hovhannes
Serenkiulian) and
Krikor Zohrab, who was arrested on May 21 and
later shot outside Urfa.<ref name="CWalker1"/>
Other known Armenians were
Siamanto,
R. Zardaryan,
Yeroukhan,
H. Tlkateentsi,
T. Chyukyurian.
D. Varoojan,
R. Sevak,
A. Haroutyounian, and
T. Kelekian.
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