Sayfo

Also known as Syriac Genocide, Aramean Genocide, Assyrian Genocide, Chaldean Genocide, Seyfo

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Terminology
Background
Assyrians in the Ottoman Empire
Worsening conflicts
World War I
Ethnic cleansing of Hakkari
{{anchor|Massacres of Assyrians in the lowlands}}Massacres of lowland Assyrians
Preparations for war
Invasion of the highlands
Ottoman occupation of Azerbaijan{{anchor|Ottoman occupation of Urmia}}
Massacres
Butcher battalion in Bitlis
Diyarbekir
Targeting of non-Armenian Christians
Mardin district
Tur Abdin
Aftermath
Ethnic violence in Azerbaijan
Exile in Iraq
Assyrians in Turkey
Paris Peace Conference
Death toll
Legacy
International recognition
Denial and justification
References
Citations
Sources
Books
Chapters
Journal articles
Further reading

thumb|upright=1.3|alt=Refugees, some on foot and others riding cattle|Jilu (tribe)|Jilu Assyrians crossing the Asadabad Pass towards [[Baqubah, 1918]]

The Sayfo (, ), also known as the Seyfo or the Assyrian genocide, was the mass murder and deportation of Assyrian/Syriac Christians in southeastern Anatolia and Persia's Azerbaijan province by Ottoman forces and some Kurdish tribes during World War I.