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The Armenians who were displaced by the Tehcir (deportation) process was only a subset of the total Armenian population in Anatolia. Even though the exact number of Armenians living in Anatolia (see: Ottoman Armenian population) is a very controversial topic, the ottoman records were much more clear of this period because of regulation of the enforcement ^[1], which demanded that there would be three copies of information, one which will be kept in the regional churches, and one in the regional administration, and one will be kept by the commission responsible of the execution of the law. The second (regional administration) and third party (commission responsible) of this law was hold responsible for the protection of the properties until the immigrants return ^[2]. Anatolia lies east of the Bosphorus, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Anatolia is a peninsula of Western Asia which forms the greater part of the Asian portion of Turkey, as opposed to the European portion (Thrace, or traditionally Rumelia). ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ...

The deportation process

See also: Tehcir Law

the Tehcir Law Tehcir Law (Immigration law) of the parliament of 1912 of the Ottoman Empire was passed on May 27, 1915, begin to be enforced on June 1-1915 with the publication in the Takvim-I Vakayi until February 8-1916. ...

The casualties

The Turkish official (TTK Publication) records claim;

“A total of 438.758 people were relocated and 382.148 of these safely reached their new destinations. As can be seen, the number of casualties had occurred as follows: 500 people on the road between Erzurum and Erzincan; 2000 in Meskene, between Urfa and Aleppo and 2000 others on the outskirts of Mardin were massacred in attacks launched by bandits or nomadic Arabs. Another 5000 people were killed in attacks on convoys passing through Dersim. It was understood from these documents that many people had also fallen victim to hunger while on the road. Apart from these, some 25-30 thousand people had lost their lives when struck by fatal diseases such as typhoid and dysentery. In all, an estimated 40 thousand casualties had been registered during relocation^[3].”

The fate of survivors

See Also

• World War I casualties
• Ottoman Armenian casualties

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