Tehcir Law
E193080
The Tehcir Law was a 1915 Ottoman decree that authorized the mass deportation of Armenians, serving as a central legal mechanism of the Armenian Genocide.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sevk ve İskân Kanunu | 1 |
| Tehcir Law canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1742560 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tehcir Law Context triple: [Armenian Genocide, legalInstrument, Tehcir Law]
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A.
Ottoman Land Code of 1858
The Ottoman Land Code of 1858 was a major 19th-century legal reform that restructured land ownership and registration in the Ottoman Empire, laying the groundwork for many modern property systems in the region.
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B.
Butler Act
The Butler Act was a Tennessee state law enacted in 1925 that prohibited the teaching of human evolution in public schools, becoming infamous as the focus of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial.
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C.
Yunus Qanuni
Yunus Qanuni is an Afghan politician and former mujahideen leader who became a prominent opposition figure and later served as speaker of the Afghan parliament.
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D.
Pass Laws Act
The Pass Laws Act was a key piece of apartheid legislation in South Africa that controlled and restricted the movement of Black people through mandatory pass documents, enforcing racial segregation and labor exploitation.
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E.
Law No. 43 of 1974
Law No. 43 of 1974 is an Egyptian statute enacted under President Anwar Sadat that opened the country’s economy to foreign and Arab investment as part of the broader infitah (economic liberalization) program.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tehcir Law Target entity description: The Tehcir Law was a 1915 Ottoman decree that authorized the mass deportation of Armenians, serving as a central legal mechanism of the Armenian Genocide.
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A.
Ottoman Land Code of 1858
The Ottoman Land Code of 1858 was a major 19th-century legal reform that restructured land ownership and registration in the Ottoman Empire, laying the groundwork for many modern property systems in the region.
-
B.
Butler Act
The Butler Act was a Tennessee state law enacted in 1925 that prohibited the teaching of human evolution in public schools, becoming infamous as the focus of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial.
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C.
Yunus Qanuni
Yunus Qanuni is an Afghan politician and former mujahideen leader who became a prominent opposition figure and later served as speaker of the Afghan parliament.
-
D.
Pass Laws Act
The Pass Laws Act was a key piece of apartheid legislation in South Africa that controlled and restricted the movement of Black people through mandatory pass documents, enforcing racial segregation and labor exploitation.
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E.
Law No. 43 of 1974
Law No. 43 of 1974 is an Egyptian statute enacted under President Anwar Sadat that opened the country’s economy to foreign and Arab investment as part of the broader infitah (economic liberalization) program.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ottoman law
ⓘ
deportation law ⓘ wartime emergency law ⓘ |
| aimedAt | removal of Armenians from strategic regions ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Tehcir Law
ⓘ
surface form:
Sevk ve İskân Kanunu
Temporary Law of Deportation ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Armenians
ⓘ
surface form:
Armenians in the Ottoman Empire
|
| authorized |
confiscation of Armenian property
ⓘ
forced relocation of Armenians ⓘ |
| centralRoleIn | Armenian Genocide ⓘ |
| country | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| enacted | 1915 ⓘ |
| enactedBy |
Committee of Union and Progress
ⓘ
Ottoman authorities ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman government
|
| enactedDuring | World War I ⓘ |
| governs | procedures of deportation ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
destruction of Armenian communities in Anatolia
ⓘ
mass death of deported Armenians ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn | demographic transformation of Anatolia ⓘ |
| hasMotiveAscribedByHistorians | elimination of Armenian presence in the empire ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late Ottoman period ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
Ottoman authorities
ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman military authorities
Ottoman authorities ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman provincial officials
|
| justifiedAs | military security measure ⓘ |
| language | Ottoman Turkish ⓘ |
| legalBasisFor | mass deportation of Armenians ⓘ |
| legalForm | state decree ⓘ |
| legalStatus | temporary law ⓘ |
| partOf | Ottoman wartime emergency legislation ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | instrument of genocide by many scholars ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Armenian Genocide
ⓘ
Confiscation and Expropriation Law ⓘ |
| scope | civilian Armenian population ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
historical research on Armenian Genocide
ⓘ
international genocide studies ⓘ |
| temporalContext | 1915–1916 deportations ⓘ |
| usedAs | legal mechanism for ethnic cleansing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tehcir Law Description of subject: The Tehcir Law was a 1915 Ottoman decree that authorized the mass deportation of Armenians, serving as a central legal mechanism of the Armenian Genocide.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sevk ve İskân Kanunu