In this AGBU WebTalk, Dr. Umit Kurt highlights an important aspect of the Armenian Genocide in his examination of the laws and regulations that legalized the plunder and looting of the cultural and material wealth of the Ottoman Empire’s Armenian population. The CUP used liquidation laws to reward and motivate local actors in carrying out massacres and deportations of Armenians across the Empire’s provinces. Ultimately, the mass confiscation of Armenian properties served as an economic cornerstone in the foundation of the Turkish republic in the aftermath of the Genocide.