 While the Tehcir law was being carried out , the Directorate for the Settlement of Tribes and Refugees ( Turkish : <unk> @-@ i <unk> <unk> <unk> ) , under the Ministry of Internal Affairs , was tasked in June 1915 to deal with the property left behind by deported or killed Armenians . This commission , whose salaries were provided by property confiscated by Armenians , produced the " Temporary Law of <unk> and Confiscation ( " Abandoned Properties " law ) and published in the official register on 27 September ( 13 September according to the Islamic calendar ) and passed a further directive for implementation of the law on 8 November . The objectives of the laws were simultaneously to reduce Armenian property ownership , enrich national politicians , and to resettle Turkish Muslim refugees in property which was seized . The property confiscated included personal property ( including land , buildings , and bank accounts ) , businesses , and also community property ( e.g. churches ) . Items that were considered useful for the immediacy of the war effort were prioritized and immediately confiscated with a separate decree . Under the law , property and asset transactions were forbidden prior to the deportation thereby preventing the owners from having the opportunity to keep his or her property . Although the law was called " Temporary " , the provisions within it seemed to aim toward the permanent transformation of the ethnicity of communities from Armenian to Turkish Muslim . 
