Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1915
Deportation of Edirne’s Armenian population
The Armenian population of the city was deported in 1915 and 1916 during the Armenian genocide. Homes and businesses were subsequently transferred or sold at low prices to Turkish Muslims. This episode remains a grave part of Edirne’s modern historical record.
1913
Political crisis over the proposed cession of Edirne
During the First Balkan War, pressure from the Great Powers for the Ottoman Empire to surrender Edirne contributed to a political crisis in Constantinople and helped trigger the 1913 Committee of Union and Progress coup.