TY - BOOK AU - Üngör, Uğur Ümit AU - Polatel, Mehmet PY - 2011 DA - 2011// TI - Confiscation and destruction: the young Turk seizure of Armenian property ET - 1. Publ. PB - Continuum CY - London [u.a.] KW - Confiscations KW - Turkey KW - History KW - Genocide KW - Armenia KW - Armenians KW - Crimes against KW - Armenian massacres, 1915-1923 KW - ConfiscationsArmenia KW - GenocideEconomic aspectsTurkey AB - This 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 SN - 1441135782 LA - English N1 - Uğur Ümit Üngör and Mehmet Polatel ID - 661410927 ER -