Format:
Online-Ressource (xii, 226 p)
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ill., map
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781441135780
Content:
This is the first major study of the mass sequestration of Armenian property by the Young Turk regime during the 1915 Armenian genocide. It details the emergence of Turkish economic nationalism, offers insight into the economic ramifications of the genocidal process, and describes how the plunder was organized on the ground. The interrelated nature of property confiscation initiated by the Young Turk regime and its cooperating local elites offers new insights into the functions and beneficiaries of state-sanctioned robbery. Drawing on secret files and unexamined records, the authors demonstrat
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Illustrations; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction and Problematization; 2 Ideological Foundations: Constructing the Turkish 'National Economy'; 3 Legal Foundations: Using the Justice System for Injustice; 4 The Dispossession of Ottoman Armenians; 5 Adana: The Cotton Belt; 6 Diyarbekir: The Land of Copper and Silk; 7 Conclusion; Appendix 1 Partial List of Community Property Lost by the Adana Armenians; Appendix 2 List of Turks Owning Abandoned Properties in Adana, 1924; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index;
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441110206
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781623569013
Additional Edition:
Print version Confiscation and Destruction : The Young Turk Seizure of Armenian Property
Language:
English
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