Tehcir Law

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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

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Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman law ⓘ
deportation law ⓘ
wartime emergency law ⓘ
aimedAt removal of Armenians from strategic regions ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sevk ve İskân Kanunu ⓘ
linked to: Tehcir Law

Temporary Law of Deportation ⓘ
appliesTo Armenians in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Armenians
authorized confiscation of Armenian property ⓘ
forced relocation of Armenians ⓘ
centralRoleIn Armenian Genocide ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
enacted 1915 ⓘ
enactedBy Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
Ottoman government ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman authorities
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 military authorities ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman authorities

Ottoman provincial officials ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman authorities
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tehcir Law → alsoKnownAs → Sevk ve İskân Kanunu ⓘ
linked to: Tehcir Law