"Ottoman retreat" . . "Defense of Van"@en . "unknown" . . "1,300" . . . . "1915-05-17Z"^^ . . "5,000" . "The Defense of Van (also known as the Siege of Van or Van Resistance to the Armenians (Armenian: \u054E\u0561\u0576\u056B \u0570\u0565\u0580\u0578\u057D\u0561\u0574\u0561\u0580\u057F) Vani herosamart) and Van Rebellion or Van Revolt to the Turks (Turkish: Van \u0130syan\u0131/\u0130htil\u00E2li), was an insurgency against the Ottoman Empire. Armenian forces fought against the attempts to massacre the Armenian population in the Van Vilayet."@en . . . "Armeniancivilians" . . . . .