Temporary Law of Deportation

<p>The Temporary Law of Deportation, also known as the Tehcir Law , or officially, the "Sevk ve İskân Kanunu" (Relocation and Resettlement Law) was a law passed by the Ottoman <a href="/facts/Council_of_Ministers_(Ottoman_Empire)/0A20ETzR">Council of Ministers</a> on May 27, 1915 authorizing the deportation of the <a href="/facts/Ottoman_Empire/6QvfTRsg">Ottoman Empire</a>'s <a href="/facts/Ottoman_Armenian/LTAxRYsb">Armenian</a> population. While  the law was allegedly temporary, the Ottomans' main motivation was to settle the <a href="/facts/Armenian_question/pHfFMtAQ">Armenian question</a> once for all, therefore permanently.
</p><p>The resettlement campaign resulted in the deaths of anywhere between 800,000 and over 1,500,000 civilians, in what historians widely characterize as the <a href="/facts/Armenian_genocide/n4qY58hs">Armenian genocide</a>. The bill was officially enacted on June 1, 1915, and expired on February 8, 1916. On 18 December 1918, the Ottoman <a href="/facts/Chamber_of_Deputies_(Ottoman_Empire)/s6XpXrSh">Chamber of Deputies</a> declared the Tehcir Law and the temporary law which authorized selling of confiscated Armenian property rescinded and illegal. The <a href="/facts/Government_of_the_Grand_National_Assembly/vRsUDaQd">Ankara Government</a> reissued the laws on 14 September 1922.
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Temporary Law of Deportation