Sayfo
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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
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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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1915 mass murders20th-century massacres of ChristiansDiyarbekir vilayetGenocide of indigenous peoples in AsiaHistory of the AssyriansHistory of West Azerbaijan provinceMassacres in the Ottoman EmpireOttoman war crimes in World War IPersecution by MuslimsPersecution of Assyrians in the Ottoman EmpirePersecution of Christians in the Ottoman Empire