The Zilan massacre (Kurdish: Komkujiya Zîlanê, Turkish: Zilan Katliamı or Zilan Deresi Katliamı, etc.) was the massacre of thousands of Kurdish civilians by the Turkish Land Forces on the orders of İsmet İnönü in the of Van Province on 12/13 July 1930, during the Ararat rebellion in Ağrı Province. The massacre took place to the north of the town of Erciş on Lake Van. It was carried out by the of the Third Army under the command of Ferik (Lieutenant General) Salih Omurtak. The number of people killed in the massacre ranges from 4,500 women and elderly to 15,000.