Cherkes Ahmet | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Died | September 6, 1915 |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Conviction(s) | Premeditated mass murder Robbery |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
Cherkes Ahmet (died September 6, 1915) was the leader of Ottoman Turkey's state-sponsored paramilitary marauders of supposedly Circassian origin during World War I. Cherkes Ahmet was from Serres, Macedonia.[1] He was notoriously responsible for the murder of the well-known Armenian writer, literary critic and politician Krikor Zohrab and politician Vartkes Serengülian during the Armenian genocide.[1][2] Ahmet supported the Committee of Union and Progress during the coup d'état of January 1913 following which he became a leading member of the Special Organization in Van,[3] where he was given the responsibility of subduing the Armenian population by Cevdet Bey, the Governor of Van at the time.[4] Ahmet, along with fellow murderers Halil and Nazim, were tried and executed in Damascus by Djemal Pasha in September 1915. The assassinations became the subject of a 1916 investigation by the Ottoman Parliament led by Artin Boshgezenian, the deputy for Aleppo.[5]
While Ahmet was officially executed for murder and robbery, the real reason for his execution was that he was considered a future liability. This was especially relevant, given the recent coup d'état.[6]
References
- ^ a b Dadrian, Vahakn (1991). Documentation of the Armenian Genocide in Turkish Sources. Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide.
- ^ Hovannisian, Richard H., ed. (2006). Armenian Tigranakert/Diarbekir and Edessa/Urfa. Costa Mesa, Calif.: Mazda Publ. p. 486. ISBN 1568591535.
- ^ Kevorkian, Raymond (2011). The Armenian Genocide: A Complete History. I.B.Tauris. p. 327. ISBN 978-1-84885-561-8.
- ^ Kevorkian, Raymond (2011), p.329
- ^ Raymond H. Kévorkian, ed. (1995). Revue d'histoire arménienne contemporaine. Paris: Tome 1. p. 254.
- ^ "Ցեղասպանության ժխտման մեջ Թուրքիայի պաշտոնական պատմագրության 10 հնացած թեզերը". news.am (in Armenian). Retrieved 2023-04-07.
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