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.

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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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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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Tehcir Law alsoKnownAs Tehcir Law
this entity surface form: Sevk ve İskân Kanunu