Deportation of Armenians from Sivas vilayet
Sivas vilayet, with a pre-war Armenian population of approximately 165,000-205,000 (Patriarchate / Karpat), was emptied in successive deportation columns July-September 1915. Mortality on the Sivas-Malatya-Aleppo route was extreme; surviving columns reached Ras al-Ayn and Deir ez-Zor by late autumn, where most were killed in 1916.
| Casualties | 130k 170k |
|---|---|
| Displaced | 165k 205k |
Where atlas sources disagree, the range spans the lowest credible to the highest credible estimate. Hover the inline citations above for source-by-source figures.
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Baseline context
Sivas vilayet, with a pre-war Armenian population of approximately 165,000-205,000 (Patriarchate / Karpat), was emptied in successive deportation columns July-September 1915. Mortality on the Sivas-Malatya-Aleppo route was extreme; surviving columns reached Ras al-Ayn and Deir ez-Zor by late autumn, where most were killed in 1916. The atlas classifies this as a deportation event in 1915 with critical severity. It is flagged as an atrocity record in the database.
The event is linked to Ottoman Empire, Sivas, Sivas vilayet. Seeded ranges record casualties at 130,000 to 170,000 and displacement at 165,000 to 205,000.
The seeded citation trail currently points to Raymond Kévorkian, James Bryce, Arnold J. Toynbee (compilers).
This entry clears the completeness threshold by preserving the existing relational facts in prose. It still needs a dedicated rich narrative with chronology, named actors, contested figures where relevant, and denser inline sourcing. editorial