By the end of 1915, almost all Armenians of Western Armenia, Cilicia and other provinces (vilayets) of the Ottoman Empire had been deported. Both in Adana and other places, Turks continued expropriation of property, plunder, appropriation and destruction of cultural values of Armenians. Deportation, plunder and extermination of Armenians were carried out by the orders from the central government, with the strenuous efforts of the local provincial authorities as well as groups and organizations that had been formed for that purpose, also the common people being actively involved in these actions.

KeywordsArmenian Genocide Ottoman Empire Cilicia Adana Province Ottoman authorities Young Turk government private and national property deportation extermination confiscation.

After the Truce of Mudros (October 30, 1918), believing the promises of the French authorities, the Armenians of Cilicia who had escaped the Genocide returned to their places of residence and devoted themselves to the task of settling their homes. Taking advantage of the contradictions between the Great Powers, the Turkish rulers who basically remained in power mainly supported Kemal Pasha who carried out a coup in Turkey and began to rebuild the country, and as before, was in “Turkish way” engaged in the de-Armenization of the Armenian-populated Cilicia.

KeywordsCilicia Hachin heroic battle autonomy economic interests self-defense defeat French military power․

A young man from Artsakh, Sargis Mehrabian, also known as Khanasori Vardan (Vardan of Khanasor) or simply Vardan, devoted himself to the Armenian Liberation Movement as early as 1890. Having received the baptism of fire in the campaign headed by Sargis Kukunian, he joined the Armenian Haiduk Movement. From 1894 to 1896, he took part in the self-defense of Van-Vaspurakan and carried out work on organizing resistance groups in Armenian settlements. The Khanasor expedition of 1897 can be considered the apogee of Vardan’s Haiduk activity against the Kurdish Mazrykan tribe. Having returned to the Caucasus ‒ Baku, he started writing his memoirs, which cover the events through 1894 to 1896.

KeywordsSargis Mehrabian Shushi Van Sevkaretsi Sako Khanasor Simon Zavarian Cilicia Rostom Armenian-Tatar clashes First World War volunteer movement genocide Aram Manukian Baku Yerevan.

The image of the Armenian ruler (king) as an opponent of the Turks has been repeatedly recorded in the Turkic epic tradition. One such example is the image of Tekfur or Tekfur Khan, i.e. the king of Cilician Armenia, in the work “Oghuz-nameh” by the Iranian author Rashid al-Din Fadlullah of the XIII–XIV centuries. The article presents references to Tekfur found in that work and an examination of the original forms. The fact that the historical prototype of the image of Tekfur in the “Oghuz-nameh” is the king of Cilician Armenia is confirmed by more detailed references to Tekfur in another work of the historian – “Tārīkh-i Afranj” (“History of the Franks”), as well as in the works of other Muslim authors.

KeywordsRashid al-Din Fadlullah “Oghuz-nameh” Tekfur (Takfur) Ar¬me¬nia (Cilician Armenia) Turks.