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.

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Sevk ve İskân Kanunu 1
Tehcir Law canonical 1

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