20 Hunchakian gallows | |
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Part of the Armenian genocide | |
Location | Beyazıt Square, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present-day Istanbul, Turkey) |
Date | June 15, 1915 |
Target | Social Democrat Hunchakian Party (Hunchakian) activists |
Attack type | Hanging |
Victims | 20 |
Perpetrators | Ottoman government |
The 20 Hunchakian gallows (Armenian: Քսան կախաղան, K'san kakhaghan, also "The 20 Martyrs" and "The 20s")[1] is the common name for the group of Hunchakian activists who were hanged in the Sultan Beyazıt Square of Constantinople (now Istanbul) on June 15, 1915, during the Armenian genocide.