Syriac genocide

Syriac genocide

Syriac genocide (Syriac: Seyfo,ܣܝܦܐ) is the name on the genocide commited against the Syriac population during the First World War by the Ottomans in southeastern Turkey. 500,000 Syriacs were killed during the genocide, which was commited in the shadows of the First World War, during the years 1914-1924. [http://www.syrianska-riks.org/index.asp?d=115] [ [http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/intlrel/hfa28430.000/hfa28430_0.HTM#101 The Plight of Religious Minorities: Can Religious Pluralism Survive? - Page 101 by United States Congress] ]

References

See also

*Aramean-Syriac people
*Simele massacre


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