An Armenian historian Vahakn Dadrian reports that in 1896 , the town was evenly divided between Armenians and Muslims ( Turks and Kurds ) . He says that Eğin was notable for its prosperity and had previously escaped the 1895 – 1896 Hamidian massacres through a ransom payment by the Armenians of 1500 Turkish gold pounds . However , British archaeologist David George Hogarth writing for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica noted a massacre of Armenians in Eğin on November 8 , 1895
Hamidian massacres
Hamidian massacres
Kemaliye