Testimony of Hakob Khorozyants About the Robberies Committed by the Turks and Kurds – December 1914
Hakob Khorozyants from the city of Van was a teacher in the village of Gatavan in Salmast. According to him, in early December 1914, Kurds and Turks attacked the Armenian villages of the region and burned their haystacks. Villagers organized self-defense and put the robbers to flight. However, on December 20-24, in parallel with the …