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Autore |
Akçam Taner <1953-> |
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Titolo |
The spirit of the laws : the plunder of wealth in the Armenian genocide / / Taner Akçam and Ümit Kurt ; translated by Aram Arkun |
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New York : , : Berghahn Books, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (218 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies on war and genocide ; ; volume 21 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Armenians - Turkey - History - 20th century |
Armenians - Legal status, laws, etc - Turkey - History - 20th century |
Armenian question |
Armenians - Relocation - Turkey - History - 20th century |
Forced migration - Turkey - History - 20th century |
Pillage - Turkey - History - 20th century |
Turkey History Mehmed V, 1909-1918 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The laws and decrees of the Committee of Union and Progress period -- The Armistice period and the returning Armenians -- The Turkish Republic prior to Lausanne -- The Treaty of Lausanne : a turning point -- After Lausanne : the Armenians remaining outside of Turkey -- Turkey after Lausanne : virtually raising a wall around its borders like a fortress -- Domestic legal regulations during the Republican period. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Pertinent to contemporary demands for reparations from Turkey is the relationship between law and property in connection with the Armenian Genocide. This book examines the confiscation of Armenian properties during the genocide and subsequent attempts to retain seized Armenian wealth. Through the close analysis of laws and treaties, it reveals that decrees issued during the genocide constitute central pillars of the Turkish system of property rights, retaining their legal validity, and although Turkey has acceded through international agreements to return Armenian properties, it continues to refuse to do so. The book demonstrates that genocides do not depend on the |
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