Anahit Astoyan - The Pillage of The Century. Expropriation of Armenians in The Ottoman Empire 1914-1923

The Pillage of The Century. Expropriation of Armenians in The Ottoman Empire 1914-1923

This book holds the factual history of Armenian expropriation realized by The Young Turks and Khemalist authorities throughout the Ottoman Empire in 1914-1923 grounded with archival documents as well as Armenian, Turkish and other foreign sources. The undeniable historical facts, that are embedded in the book, come to prove that by means of planned plunder and expropriation of Armenian property, accumulated throughout centuries, Turkish authorities have filled their empty State Treasury, covered ponderous war-related expenses, paid off a large portion of external debts, turkized the economy of the country and organized nationalist movement, the victory of which provided sufficient grounds for the creation of the Republic of Turkey.