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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818110503321

Autore

Akçam Taner <1953->

Titolo

The spirit of the laws : the plunder of wealth in the Armenian genocide / / Taner Akçam and Ümit Kurt ; translated by Aram Arkun

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn Books, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-78238-624-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Collana

Studies on war and genocide ; ; volume 21

Classificazione

NK 4200

Disciplina

956.6/20154

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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



abolition of the legal system and elimination of rights, but that, on the contrary, the perpetrators of genocide manipulate the legal system to facilitate their plans.