The Bishop of Harput was ordered to leave Aleppo within 48 hours '' ... and it has later been learned that this Bishop and all the clergy that accompanied him have been ... killed between Diyarbekir and Urfa at a place where approximately 1,700 Armenian families have suffered the same fate ... In Angora ... approximately 6,000 men ... have been shot on the road ... even here in Constantinople ( Istanbul ) , Armenians are being abducted and sent to Asia ... '' .
The Bishop of Karput was ordered to leave Aleppo within 48 hours `` and it has later been learned that this Bishop and all the clergy that accompanied him have been ... killed between Diyarbekir and Urfa at a place where approximately 1,700 Armenian families have suffered the same fate ... In Angora ... approximately 6,000 men ... have been shot on the road ... even here in Constantinople ( Istanbul ) , Armenians are being abducted and sent to Asia ... '' The first sign of dangers was the appearance on the plain of bands of Kurds from the regions north and east .