Responsibles and Their End

[ardakilic]

Three months ago, i have studied on Armenian Genocide responsibles and their ends in Turkish. It is based on personal biographies but maybe somebody finds useful.

Mehmet Talat Pasha

1874, Edirne - 1921, Berlin

One of founders of Ittihat-Terakki and leading figure. Interior Minister and Prime Minister of IT cabinets (14.2.1917-08.10.1918). Main figure in the decision of "Deportation Law".

After the fall of IT dictatorship, he escaped to Germany and executed here by Soghomon Tehlirian (March 15th).

With a decree that Turkish National Assembly issued in 1926, a house and monthly martyr salary was dedicated to his family. With a cabinet decree in 1943, his bones were transferred to Turkey and buried Eternal Liberty Martyrs Tomb.

[ardakilic]

Ahmed Cemal Pasha

1872, Midilli - 1922, Tbilisi

Adana governor in 1909 and responsibles of Adana massacres. Baghdad governor between August 1911-July 1912 and responsibles of Baghdad massacres. After the fall of IT dictatorship he escaped to Berlin with Talat and Enver.

He passed Afghanistan to modernize Afghan army. When Bolsheviks changed their policy, he went to Tbilisi with Enver. They try to provoke Turkic elements of Central Asia and Caucasia in order to establish a Turan empire. He made contacts with Independence War leaders in Anatolia. When he was preparing to return Anatolia, annihilated by Karaki Lalaian and Sergo Vartanian. His mortal remains was transferred and burried to Erzurum.

* His grandson was journalist and columnist Hasan Cemal and one of signer of Apology text.

[VaheTheGreat(e)]

Ismail Enver, known to Europeans during his political career as Enver Pasha (Istanbul, November 22, 1881 - August 4, 1922) was a military officer and a leader of the Young Turk revolution in the closing days of the Ottoman Empire. He was a vocal supporter of eliminating the non-Turkish population of the rump Ottoman Empire.

Enver was ironically killed in action against an Armenian batallion of the Red Army on August 4, 1922, near Baldzhuan in Turkestan (present-day Tajikistan). This is the officaial version.
Actualy Enver was personaly executed in Turkestan by the commander of 11 Red Army Hayk Bjishkyan.

[ardakilic]

Bahattin Shakir

1874, Istanbul - 1922, Berlin

Founder of Teshkilat-ı Mahsusa (Special Organization) and politics department chief. He took place in Turanist wing of CUP. He made a journey to Eastern cities and organized the Genocides. Some authors, like Husein Cahit Yalchin (also a CUP member) admits that he is the leading responsible of Genocides.

He was killed with Cemal Azmi in Berlin by Armenian assasinaters in 1922 (April 17th).

[VaheTheGreat(e)]

List (not full) of some Genocide Active Deniers executed by Armenian Freedom fighters:

February 16, 1976 in Turkish Embassy in Beirut, Oktar Cirit

July 31, 1980 in Turkish Embassy in Athens, Galip Özmen

December 29, 1980 in Madrid, a Spanish journalist, assistant director of the "Pueblo" newspaper, José Antonio Gurriarán was accidentally injured during an October 3 group attack. Then Gurriarán was interested what the group's purposes were; he found and interviewed ASALA members. In 1982 his "La Bomba" book was published, dedicated to the Armenian cause and Armenian militant's struggle

March 4, 1981 in the Turkish Embassy in Paris, Reşat Moralı was killed and Tecelli Arı was injured.

June 9, 1981 in the Turkish Consulate in Geneva, Mehmet Savaş Yergüz

September 24, 1981 in Turkish Consulate in Paris, 56 Turks were held hostage in the embassy by ASALA militants (none of the hostages were harmed), Turkish guard Cemal Özen was killed. ASALA members demanded the Turkish government free Armenian political prisoners within 12 hours and fly them to Paris. After 15 hours they surrendered peacefully requesting political asylum from the French government.

April 28, 1984 in Turkish Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Işık Yönder

THIS WAS A SCREAM FOR A JUSTICE!

[mthT]

List of Genocide Active Deniers executed by Armenian Freedom fighters:

February 16, 1976 in Turkish Embassy in Beirut, Oktar Cirit

July 31, 1980 in Turkish Embassy in Athens, Galip Özmen

December 29, 1980 in Madrid, a Spanish journalist, assistant director of the "Pueblo" newspaper, José Antonio Gurriarán was accidentally injured during an October 3 group attack. Then Gurriarán was interested what the group's purposes were; he found and interviewed ASALA members. In 1982 his "La Bomba" book was published, dedicated to the Armenian cause and Armenian militant's struggle

March 4, 1981 in the Turkish Embassy in Paris, Reşat Moralı was killed and Tecelli Arı was injured.

June 9, 1981 in the Turkish Consulate in Geneva, Mehmet Savaş Yergüz

September 24, 1981 in Turkish Consulate in Paris, 56 Turks were held hostage in the embassy by ASALA militants (none of the hostages were harmed), Turkish guard Cemal Özen was killed. ASALA members demanded the Turkish government free Armenian political prisoners within 12 hours and fly them to Paris. After 15 hours they surrendered peacefully requesting political asylum from the French government.

April 28, 1984 in Turkish Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Işık Yönder

THIS WAS A SCREAM FOR A JUSTICE!

heroic...

[VaheTheGreat(e)]

heroic...

Standing alone or with few friends for justice and against an opressive state is always heroic!

[ardakilic]

Standing alone or with few friends for justice and against an opressive state is always heroic!

To understand the situation and maybe zeitgeist of the era, we can find a parallelism with PLO and other groups' actions against Zionist invasion. I remember Leila Khalid for instance...

[mthT]

Standing alone or with few friends for justice and against an opressive state is always heroic!

yeah. shooting randomly and killing innocent people in an airport is much more heroic, I must admit.

[VaheTheGreat(e)]

yeah. shooting randomly and killing innocent people in an airport is much more heroic, I must admit.

depends of airport...

If you mean Esemboga action, by the way it is not mentioned in my list, than I must give some explanation>

1. The action went all wrong, it was a failure.
2. Civilians were not a target. There were diplomats in the arrival aria. When Turkish Special Forces took one of the attackers, Ekmekyan had to tack hostages and asked for exchange. Turks have refused.
3. Ekmekyan has regretted his action publically, although I wouldn’t do that in his place.