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

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

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Assyrian genocide
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1919-00-00
start time
1915-01-00
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Contents
  • 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.

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