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Confiscation and Destruction

The Young Turk Seizure of Armenian Property

Dr Ugur Ungor author Mehmet Polatel author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:17th Jan '13

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A comprehensive analysis of the mass sequestration of Armenian property by the Young Turk regime during the 1915 Armenian genocide.

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 demonstrate that while Armenians suffered systematic plunder and destruction, ordinary Turks were assigned a range of property for their progress.

ISBN: 9781623569013

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 363g

224 pages