This thesis analyses the return of the relocated Armenians and resettlement of them in
former their hometowns between the years 1918 and 1920, with special reference to the
relative archival materials. Upon the permission given for their return on the last days of
the World War I, most of the relocated Armenians did return either with the help of the
Ottoman government or by their own means. The first chapter of the thesis is devoted to
the preliminary developments which were influential in taking of the return decision by the
Ottoman government. The following chapter elaborates the return of the Armenians from
the relocation residences to their former hometowns. In the third chapter, the resettlement
process and the government&rsquo / s attempts for care of the returnees are examined. Because it
was completed in the most disastrous years of the Ottoman Empire, the return of the
Armenians properly reflects the postwar Ottoman panorama with its administrative,
financial and social aspects. The postwar Allied interference with and pressures on the
Empire are also observable through the return and resettlement processes.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12609134/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 December 2007 |
| Creators | Gunaydin, Adem |
| Contributors | Turan, Omer |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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