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[[File:Interior view of Holy Mother-of-God Patriarchal Church.jpg|thumbnail|Interior view of Holy Mother-of-God Patriarchal Church where the Kum Kapu demonstration took place and where Jangülian read his declaration at the altar.]]
The Kum Kapu demonstration took place on 27 July 1890 in Constantinople's [[Kumkapı]] district, where the [[Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople]] is located. Jangülian interrupted a [[Mass (liturgy)|mass]] by stepping onto the altar and reading aloud a statement concerning maltreatment of Armenians, which denounced the church's leadership as indifferent.<ref name=salt>{{cite book|last=Salt|first=Jeremy|title=Imperialism, Evangelism and the Ottoman Armenians, 1878–1896|date=2013|publisher=Taylor and Francis|location=Hoboken|isbn=1135191387}}</ref> Demonstrators then forced the patriarch to join a procession heading to [[Yildiz Palace]] to demand reforms for the Armenian provinces.<ref name=nalbandian /> As the procession formed, police surrounded the crowd and shots were fired, resulting in several fatalities, including that of a policeman.<ref name=nalbandian /> Other sources claim seven deaths, including four police.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|url=
Although some considered Jangülian a hero, he was subsequently sentenced to death, but the Sultan commuted his sentence to life imprisonment in exile.<ref name=nalbandian /><ref name=salt /><ref>{{cite book|title=Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events, Volume 15; Volume 30|date=1891|publisher=D. Appleton|page=806|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mlcxAQAAMAAJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Ternon|first=Yves|title=The Armenians: history of a genocide|date=1990|publisher=Caravan Books|location=Delmar, N.Y.|isbn=0882065084|page=263|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XpWgAAAAMAAJ|edition=2nd}}</ref> He was exiled to [[Acre, Israel|Akka]], [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] and imprisoned in a fortress.<ref name=salt /> He remained there until being pardoned and released in 1896.<ref name=salt /> However, some sources claim he escaped.<ref name=teotik />
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