The
Tehcir Law (from
tehcir, a word of
Arabic origin in
Ottoman Turkish and meaning "deportation" or "forced displacement" as defined by the
Turkish Language Institute), or, officially by the Republic of Turkey, the "Sevk ve Iskân Kanunu" (Relocation and Resettlement Law) was a law passed by the
Ottoman Parliament on May 27, 1915 authorizing the deportation of the
Ottoman Empire's
Armenian population. The resettlement campaign resulted in the deaths of anywhere between 800,000 to over 1,800,000 civilians in what is commonly referred to as the
Armenian Genocide. The bill was officially enacted on June 1, 1915 and expired on February 8, 1916.