Draft:Deportations of Assyrians (1915–1924)

The deportations of Assyrians{{Cite book |last=Travis |first=Hannibal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kd8lAQAAMAAJ&q=Assyrian+deportation+sayfo |title=Genocide in the Middle East: The Ottoman Empire, Iraq, and Sudan |date=2010 |publisher=Carolina Academic Press |isbn=978-1-59460-436-2 |language=en}} by Turkey resulted in the displacement and death of hundreds of thousands of Assyrians from their ancestral lands. These actions were part of a broader policy aimed at homogenizing the region, and they were marked by mass killings, forced marches, and the destruction of communities.{{Cite book |last=Bartrop |first=Paul R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YwfJEAAAQBAJ&dq=Assyrian+deportation+sayfo&pg=PT56 |title=Encountering Genocide: Personal Accounts from Victims, Perpetrators, and Witnesses |date=2014-06-30 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=979-8-216-07910-1 |language=en}} During this period, Kurdish groups, collaborating with Turkish authorities, played a significant role in the implementation of these brutal measures.{{Cite book |last=Whitehorn |first=Alan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NBbHEAAAQBAJ&dq=Assyrian+deportation+ww1&pg=PA82 |title=The Armenian Genocide: The Essential Reference Guide |date=2015-05-26 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-61069-688-3 |language=en}} In many instances, Kurdish militias were directly involved in the assaults on Assyrian villages, contributing to the overall devastation experienced by the Assyrian people.{{Cite book |last1=Kelle |first1=Brad E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-x1K6HX8TDoC&dq=assyrian+deportation+1924&pg=PA88 |title=Writing and Reading War: Rhetoric, Gender, and Ethics in Biblical and Modern Contexts |last2=Ames |first2=Frank Ritchel |date=2008 |publisher=Society of Biblical Lit |isbn=978-1-58983-354-8 |language=en}} This period remains a painful chapter in history, highlighting the complex alliances and power dynamics of the time, as well as the tragic consequences of ethnic and religious persecution.

During the Assyrian genocide (1915-1918)

During the Assyrian Genocide, ordered by Talaat Pasha, Turkish and Kurdish forces orchestrated the forced deportation of hundreds of thousands of Assyrians from their historic homelands.{{Cite book |last=Beare |first=Margaret E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=88ywsltbrWQC&dq=Assyrian+deportation+ww1&pg=PA163 |title=Encyclopedia of Transnational Crime and Justice |date=2012-04-26 |publisher=SAGE |isbn=978-1-4129-9077-6 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Payne |first=Stanley G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zP4ikZ_o3V8C&dq=Assyrian+deportation+ww1&pg=PA23 |title=Civil War in Europe, 1905–1949 |date=2011-09-19 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-139-49964-4 |language=en}} This brutal campaign, marked by mass killings and forced marches, was part of a broader strategy of ethnic cleansing aimed at erasing Assyrian presence in the region.{{Cite book |last=Travis |first=Hannibal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kd8lAQAAMAAJ&q=Assyrian+deportation+ww1 |title=Genocide in the Middle East: The Ottoman Empire, Iraq, and Sudan |date=2010 |publisher=Carolina Academic Press |isbn=978-1-59460-436-2 |language=en}} Communities that had thrived for centuries were shattered overnight, as families were separated and their cultural heritage systematically destroyed. The immense human tragedy of these events led many survivors to seek refuge abroad, ultimately forming new communities in Europe and elsewhere.

Aftermath of the Assyrian rebellion (1924)

After the Assyrian rebellion, Turkish authorities deported around 8,000 Assyrians to Mandatory Iraq as part of a broader repressive campaign. These actions disrupted long-established communities, prompting many to later resettle in Western Turkey and Europe.{{Cite journal|last=Dündar|first=Fuat|title=When did the First World War End for Turkey ?|url=https://www.academia.edu/35039114|journal=Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée|date=January 2017 |language=en|issue=141|pages=141209–206 –|doi=10.4000/remmm.9938 |issn=0997-1327|access-date=2023-04-13|archive-date=2023-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413192737/https://www.academia.edu/35039114|url-status=live|doi-access=free}}{{Cite book |last1=Morris |first1=Benny |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xjiPDwAAQBAJ&dq=assyrian+deportation+1924+8%2C000&pg=PA372 |title=The Thirty-Year Genocide: Turkey's Destruction of Its Christian Minorities, 1894–1924 |last2=Ze'evi |first2=Dror |date=2019-04-24 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-24008-7 |language=en}}

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