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The 1896 Ottoman Bank Takeover: Armenian Revolutionary Gamble
In August 1896, a small group of Armenian revolutionaries from the Dashnaktsutyun party seized the Ottoman Bank in Constantinople, the empire's most powerful financial institution. Their goal was not to rob it but to force European intervention against the massacres of Armenians that had been ongoing since 1894. The takeover lasted 14 hours, ended with European ambassadors negotiating their safe passage, and triggered a pogrom that killed thousands of Armenians in the capital. This episode explores the planning, the siege, the international response, and the long-term consequences: the…
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