battle, First World War

Zeitun Resistance

Name: Zeitun Resistance
Location: Süleymanlı, Turkey

Zeitun Resistance was a battle fought in 1914 at Süleymanlı, in what is now Turkey. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Süleymanlı. It was part of Armenian Genocide, which ran from 1915 to 1923. The recorded result: First battle: Armenian victory; Second battle: Ottoman victory.

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Fought1914

WhereSüleymanlı, Turkey37.876N, 36.833E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeFirst battle: Armenian victory; Second battle: Ottoman victory

BelligerentsOttoman EmpireagainstSocial Democrat Hunchakian Party

Casualties and lossesUnknownand60 militias

Part ofArmenian Genocide1915 to 1923

Where it sits in Armenian Genocide

5 placed engagements of Armenian Genocide in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1914 (year precision)
Place	Süleymanlı, Turkey 37.876N, 36.833E
Kind	Battle, First World War
Casualties and losses	Unknown	60 militias

Placed at Süleymanlı; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Zeitun Rebellion 1895, 0.1 km SE
First Zeitun Resistance 1862, 0.6 km W
Battle of Marash 1920, 33 km S
Siege of Germanicia AD 638, 34 km S
Battle of Marash AD 953, 34 km S

In the same war

After: Shabin-Karahisar Uprising 1915
All 5 engagements of Armenian Genocide

Elsewhere in 1914

First Battle of the Marne France
Battle of Tannenberg Poland
Battle of Liège Belgium
Battle of the Falkland Islands Argentina
Battle of Sarikamish Turkey

Zeitun Resistance is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 622 in present-day Turkey.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q8068632, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Zeitun Resistance (1914 and 1915), revision 1370751533, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.