In mid-August 1894, many Armenians from the vicinity fled to Cevizlidere for safety as skirmishes were taking place with nomad Kurds who had been approached by Ottoman soldiers for support.

[4] Later that month, a Kurdish ally named Khushman Agha warned the locals of an attack by Ottoman forces and many women and children fled to the mountains, while others took up weapons to defend the village.

Ultimately, around two thousand locals, including women and children, had been murdered.

[4] A European delegation visited the village in 1895 and stated that 120 houses had been destroyed by fire and that the living condition was miserable with the only shelter being makeshift huts.

[7] Historic population figures of the village:[2][7][8] This article about an Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey location is a stub.