The law, in particular the Law of Abandoned Properties, became the Ottoman Empire's most important tool during the Armenian Genocide a century ago. Economic interests blinded people to the plight of their fellows who were made to disappear.
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What happened on April 24 is one of the most significant radical moments in the process of extreme violence and mass annihilation in the great tragedy that befell the Armenians.
It was on this day that the extermination of Armenians began in Dörtyol, Adana, Marash and Zeytun, lasting until March 1915, then Konya, Anatolia, before stopping in Syria.
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