Armenians of Aintab the economics of genocide in an Ottoman province
Kurt, Ümit.
Armenians of Aintab the economics of genocide in an Ottoman province Ümit Kurt - Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2021. 2021. - 1 online resource (401 pages)
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The 1895 Massacres in Aintab -- 2. Ethnic Politics after the Young Turk Revolution -- 3. Wartime Deportation and Destruction of the Aintab Armenians -- 4. Confiscation and Plunder under the Abandoned Properties Laws -- 5. The Flawed Restitution Process for Armenians -- 6. The End of the Armenian Community in Aintab -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Ümit Kurt explores causes and effects of the Armenian genocide in his hometown of Gaziantep, Turkey. He finds that local gentry and ordinary Turks were heavily motivated by the prospect of financial gain as Armenians were dispossessed. Newly enriched Turks then financed the young republic, elevating themselves to the status of a political elite.
9780674259904
Völkermord
Armenier
Osmanisches Reich
Gaziantep
Fernzugriff
Armenians of Aintab the economics of genocide in an Ottoman province Ümit Kurt - Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2021. 2021. - 1 online resource (401 pages)
E-Book-ProQuest / Fernzugriff nach Registrierung möglich
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The 1895 Massacres in Aintab -- 2. Ethnic Politics after the Young Turk Revolution -- 3. Wartime Deportation and Destruction of the Aintab Armenians -- 4. Confiscation and Plunder under the Abandoned Properties Laws -- 5. The Flawed Restitution Process for Armenians -- 6. The End of the Armenian Community in Aintab -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Ümit Kurt explores causes and effects of the Armenian genocide in his hometown of Gaziantep, Turkey. He finds that local gentry and ordinary Turks were heavily motivated by the prospect of financial gain as Armenians were dispossessed. Newly enriched Turks then financed the young republic, elevating themselves to the status of a political elite.
9780674259904
Völkermord
Armenier
Osmanisches Reich
Gaziantep
Fernzugriff