Sayfo
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Sayfo is the term used by Assyrians to refer to the World War I–era genocide in which large numbers of Assyrian Christians were massacred in the Ottoman Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sayfo canonical | 4 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genocide
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ mass killing ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Assyrian communities worldwide ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | August 7 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1918 ⓘ |
| estimatedDeaths | hundreds of thousands of Assyrians ⓘ |
| hasCause |
ethnic persecution
ⓘ
religious persecution ⓘ wartime policies of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalDebate | extent of state planning and responsibility ⓘ |
| hasLegacy | central to modern Assyrian national identity ⓘ |
| hasMainVictimGroup |
Assyrians
ⓘ
surface form:
Assyrian people
|
| hasNameInEnglish | Year of the Sword ⓘ |
| hasNameInSyriac | ܣܝܦܐ ⓘ |
| hasNameInTurkish | Seyfo ⓘ |
| hasReligiousContext | Christian–Muslim relations in the late Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| isTermUsedBy | Assyrians ⓘ |
| location |
Bitlis Vilayet
ⓘ
Diyarbekir Vilayet ⓘ Hakkari region ⓘ Tur Abdin ⓘ West Azerbaijan Province ⓘ
surface form:
Urmia region
Van Vilayet ⓘ Southeastern Anatolia Region ⓘ
surface form:
southeastern Anatolia
|
| partOf | wider campaign of violence against Christians in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Kurdish militias
ⓘ
Ottoman authorities ⓘ Ottoman military units ⓘ local irregular forces ⓘ |
| recognizedAsGenocideBy |
Austria
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Sweden ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Assyrian organizations ⓘ |
| refersTo | Assyrian genocide ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Armenian Genocide
ⓘ
surface form:
Armenian genocide
Greek genocide ⓘ |
| result |
destruction of many Assyrian villages
ⓘ
long-term Assyrian diaspora ⓘ mass displacement of Assyrians ⓘ |
| startTime | 1914 ⓘ |
| targets |
Syriacs
ⓘ
surface form:
Aramean Christians
Syriacs ⓘ
surface form:
Assyrian Christians
Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ
surface form:
Chaldean Christians
Syriacs ⓘ
surface form:
Syriac Christians
|
| tookPlaceDuring | World War I ⓘ |
| tookPlaceIn | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.