Yakub Cemil
Ottoman revolutionary
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Yakub Cemil | |
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| Born | 1883 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 11 September 1916 (aged 32/33) Istanbul, Ottoman Empire |
| Nationality | Ottoman Empire |
| Political party | Committee of Union and Progress |
Yakub Cemil (1883–1916) was an Ottoman revolutionary and soldier who assassinated Nazım Pasha during the 1913 Ottoman coup d'état.[1] In 1916, he was arrested, sentenced to death, and executed.[2]
During the Caucasus campaign, troops under the command of Cemil carried out some of the first major massacres of Armenians.[3]
References
- ^ Tansu, Samih Nafiz. "İttihat ve Terakki, Ya Devlet Başa, Ya Kuzgun Leşe" (in Turkish).
- ^ "ExecutedToday.com » committee of union and progress".
- ^ Badem 2019, pp. 47, 59.
Sources
- Badem, Candan (2019). "The War at The Caucasus Front: A Matrix for Genocide". The End of the Ottomans: The Genocide of 1915 and the Politics of Turkish Nationalism. Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 47–66. ISBN 978-1-78831-241-7.
