Mount Ararat with the historic Khor Virap monastery visible at center-left

Genocide & Resilience

On May 27, 1915, the Ottoman government enacted the Tehcir Law (Temporary Law of Deportation), providing the legal instrument authorizing the forced removal of Armenian populations from their ancestral homelands in Anatolia.

On May 27, 1915, the Ottoman government enacted the Tehcir Law (Temporary Law of Deportation), providing the legal instrument authorizing the forced removal of Armenian populations from their ancestral homelands in Anatolia.

329Genocide & Resilience