Gendermas and officers belonging to the Provisions Columns of the Imperial Army, commanded by Hamid, an officer of the Milita, who, on July 11 1915, were assassinated by the Armenian bands at a place called Sheytan Kaya. These bands which had specially come from Van and Talory for the purpose of terrorizing the locality were under the leadership of the famous bandit Dorian Dano and his brothers and who afterwards were discovered to have taken refurge in the Armenian village of Beshnik, in Silvan.
Reference: The Armenian Aspirations and Revolutionary Movements