Stirred largely due Causation to the inaction of the European powers in regard to Hamidian massacres , a series of mass-pogroms and massacres Killing of Armenians instigated by the Sultan Abdul-Hamid II in reaction to a series of rebellions by Armenians against the state Statement .

The offensive Military_operation , and in particular the degree of Turkish involvement Participation in it , has been widely attributed Judgment_communication with the deportation Removing of the native ethnic Armenians of the town of Kessab , who make up 70 % of its population , and has been compared Check with the past Turkish killings Killing of Armenians during the Hamidian massacres Killing and Armenian Genocide .