Tehcir Law
E193080
The Tehcir Law was a 1915 Ottoman decree that authorized the mass deportation of Armenians, serving as a central legal mechanism of the Armenian Genocide.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sevk ve İskân Kanunu | 1 |
| Tehcir Law canonical | 1 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ottoman law
ⓘ
deportation law ⓘ wartime emergency law ⓘ |
| aimedAt | removal of Armenians from strategic regions ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Tehcir Law
ⓘ
surface form:
Sevk ve İskân Kanunu
Temporary Law of Deportation ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Armenians
ⓘ
surface form:
Armenians in the Ottoman Empire
|
| authorized |
confiscation of Armenian property
ⓘ
forced relocation of Armenians ⓘ |
| centralRoleIn | Armenian Genocide ⓘ |
| country | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| enacted | 1915 ⓘ |
| enactedBy |
Committee of Union and Progress
ⓘ
Ottoman authorities ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman government
|
| enactedDuring | World War I ⓘ |
| governs | procedures of deportation ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
destruction of Armenian communities in Anatolia
ⓘ
mass death of deported Armenians ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn | demographic transformation of Anatolia ⓘ |
| hasMotiveAscribedByHistorians | elimination of Armenian presence in the empire ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late Ottoman period ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
Ottoman authorities
ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman military authorities
Ottoman authorities ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman provincial officials
|
| justifiedAs | military security measure ⓘ |
| language | Ottoman Turkish ⓘ |
| legalBasisFor | mass deportation of Armenians ⓘ |
| legalForm | state decree ⓘ |
| legalStatus | temporary law ⓘ |
| partOf | Ottoman wartime emergency legislation ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | instrument of genocide by many scholars ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Armenian Genocide
ⓘ
Confiscation and Expropriation Law ⓘ |
| scope | civilian Armenian population ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
historical research on Armenian Genocide
ⓘ
international genocide studies ⓘ |
| temporalContext | 1915–1916 deportations ⓘ |
| usedAs | legal mechanism for ethnic cleansing ⓘ |
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Subject: Tehcir Law Description of subject: The Tehcir Law was a 1915 Ottoman decree that authorized the mass deportation of Armenians, serving as a central legal mechanism of the Armenian Genocide.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Sevk ve İskân Kanunu