Ottoman Christian genocides
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The Ottoman Christian genocides refer to the systematic mass killings, deportations, and persecutions of Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek Christian populations in the Ottoman Empire during and after World War I.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ottoman Christian genocides canonical | 1 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime against humanity
ⓘ
genocide ⓘ mass atrocity ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ottoman genocides of Christian minorities
ⓘ
genocides of Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| cause |
ethno-religious homogenization policies
ⓘ
nationalist policies of the Young Turks ⓘ perceived security threat from Christian minorities ⓘ |
| disputedBy |
Government of Turkey
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of Turkey government
|
| endTime |
Greco-Turkish War period
ⓘ
early 1920s ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Armenian genocide
ⓘ
Assyrian genocide ⓘ Greek genocide ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Armenian Genocide
ⓘ
surface form:
Armenian genocide of 1915
Assyrian genocide ⓘ
surface form:
Assyrian genocide during World War I
massacres of Pontic and Anatolian Greeks ⓘ |
| location |
Anatolia
ⓘ
Cilicia ⓘ Eastern Anatolia ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Pontus ⓘ
surface form:
Pontus region
|
| method |
abduction of women and children
ⓘ
confiscation of property ⓘ death marches ⓘ deportations ⓘ forced Islamization ⓘ forced labor battalions ⓘ mass killings ⓘ massacres ⓘ starvation ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Committee of Union and Progress
ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
surface form:
Young Turk regime
|
| recognizedBy |
many genocide scholars
ⓘ
various national parliaments ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Treaty of Lausanne
ⓘ
population exchange between Greece and Turkey ⓘ post-Ottoman nation-building in Turkey ⓘ |
| result |
destruction of many Christian communities in Anatolia
ⓘ
diaspora communities of Armenians ⓘ diaspora communities of Assyrians ⓘ diaspora communities of Greeks from Asia Minor ⓘ large-scale demographic change in the former Ottoman territories ⓘ |
| startTime |
1914
ⓘ
World War I ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
World War I
ⓘ
surface form:
World War I era
collapse of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ late Ottoman period ⓘ |
| victimGroup |
Armenians
ⓘ
Assyrians ⓘ Greeks ⓘ |
| victimReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
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