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REGIONS THE
ARMENIANS WERE MOVED TO AND FROM
The regions Armenians evacuated and resettled in were stated
in the cryptic message dated 23 May 1915 by Talat Pasha sent
to the 4th Army Command. In his aforementioned
cryptic message, having provided the information regarding
the Armenians to be transported to other provinces, Talat
Pasha communicated that it would be suitable for the Armenians
evacuated from the provinces of Erzurum, Van and Bitlis to
be resettled in the Southern part of the province of Mousul,
and in the sub-division of Zor and in the sub-division of
Urfa excluding the Central City; and also those evacuated
from the vicinities of Adana, Aleppo and Maras, to be resettled
in the Eastern part of the province of Syria along with the
Eastern and Southeastern part of the province of Aleppo.
However, due to the fact that Armenian rebellions and massacres
went on; and order dated 5 July 1915 was sent to the provinces
of Adana, Erzurum, Bitlis, Aleppo, Diyarbekir, Syria, Sivas,
Trabzon, Mamuretülaziz and Mousul, to the Office of the President
of” Commission on Abandoned Properties in Adana”,. And to
the Governors of the Subdivisions of Zor, Maras, Canik, Kayseri
and Izmit; and it was stated that the regions allocated for
the resettlement of Armenians were broadened upon need.
Accordingly, the following shows how the region where Armenians
were transported and resettled, was determined ensuring that
the Armenian population should not exceed 10% of the Moslem
population:
1. The eastern and southern regions of the province of Mousul
including the villages and towns in the subdivision of Kerkük
80 km from Iranian border;
2. East and south of the sub-division of Zor including the
settlements in Habur and Euphrates River valley, 25 km within
the Diyarbekir boder;
3. Villages and towns in the east, south and south-west of
the province of Aleppo, excluding the northern part; towns
and villages 25 km away from the railway route including the
sub-divisions of Havran and Kerek in the province of Syria.(*)
REFERENCE:
Halacoglu, Prof. Dr. Yusuf, Ermeni Tehcirine Dair Gerekceler
-Realities on the Armenian Immigration - (1915), TTK Publications,
Ankara, 2001.
FOOTNOTE:
(*) G.K., no: 54/315
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