02947nam 2200589 a 450 991078131780332120230725052108.01-283-16317-997866131631721-4411-1020-8(CKB)2550000000039284(EBL)732119(OCoLC)741492909(SSID)ssj0000521641(PQKBManifestationID)12183233(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521641(PQKBWorkID)10523251(PQKB)11357666(MiAaPQ)EBC732119(Au-PeEL)EBL732119(CaPaEBR)ebr10483552(CaONFJC)MIL316317(EXLCZ)99255000000003928420110801d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConfiscation and destruction[electronic resource] the young turk seizure of armenian property /Uğur Ümit Üngör and Mehment PolatelLondon Continuum20111 online resource (224 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-62356-901-X 1-4411-3578-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThis 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 demonstratArmenian Genocide, 1915-1923TurkeyArmeniaHistoryRevolution, 1917-1920History.fastArmenian Genocide, 1915-1923956.102Üngör Uğur Ümit475881Polatel Mehmet1463242MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781317803321Confiscation and destruction3672477UNINA