Special Organization operations in the interior
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Special Organization operations in the interior were covert activities carried out by a paramilitary arm of the late Ottoman state, particularly associated with internal security, repression, and mass violence during World War I.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
covert operation campaign
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paramilitary operation ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Ottoman interior regions ⓘ |
| country | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
historiography of World War I in the Ottoman Empire
ⓘ
studies of Ottoman paramilitary violence ⓘ |
| endTime | 1918 ⓘ |
| hasCause |
nationalist policies of the Committee of Union and Progress
ⓘ
perceived internal enemies ⓘ wartime security concerns ⓘ |
| hasContext |
centralization policies of the Young Turks
ⓘ
collapse of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ wartime emergency rule ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
displacement of populations
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large-scale civilian casualties ⓘ strengthening of central state control ⓘ terrorization of local communities ⓘ |
| hasMainSubject |
internal security
ⓘ
mass violence ⓘ repression ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
extra-legal
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paramilitary ⓘ secretive ⓘ state-directed ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late Ottoman period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Anatolia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Syrian provinces of the Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| natureOfStatement | covert ⓘ |
| operator |
Committee of Union and Progress
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Special Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participant |
Ottoman gendarmerie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Special Organization operatives ⓘ irregular paramilitary units ⓘ local militias ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ottoman internal security policy during World War I
ⓘ
Special Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1914 ⓘ |
| temporalLocation | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ethnic persecution
ⓘ
forced deportations ⓘ internal security operations ⓘ mass killings ⓘ political repression ⓘ population control ⓘ suppression of dissent ⓘ |
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