The Turkish sources claim "intent of the process" (deportation or relocation) was written in the law.

Turkish sources said that 15 Turks were on board.

Mango spent five years working on the biography, using Turkish printed sources though not archival material.

Turkish sources usually underestimate the numbers of their ethnic minorities in provincial areas.

Turkish sources refer to eleven soldiers commanded by a major.

The county and settlements are mentioned by this name also in Turkish sources.

According to Turkish sources, the song is a lament about soldiers who died in Yemen.

Turkish sources say that the town had swelled to about 1,200 people by 1968.

According to Turkish sources a total of 438,758 people were "relocated".

According to Turkish sources 382,148 of these safely reached their new destinations.