MEHMET TALAAT PASHA ,RESPONSIBLE FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDES MURDERED IN BERLIN 1874 SEPTEMBER 1- 1921 MARCH 15
MEHMET TALAAT PASHA ,RESPONSIBLE FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDES MURDERED IN BERLIN 1874 SEPTEMBER 1- 1921 MARCH 15 Mehmet Talaat Pasha (1874-1921) (also known as Talaat Bey) was the principal architect of the Armenian Genocide. Born in Edirne (Adrianople), Talaat became a telegrapher at a young age. He was active in the Young Turk movement seeking to overthrow Sultan Abdul Hamid (Abdulhamit) II. He joined the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) and quickly emerged a leader in the secret organization. His profession gave him access to the principal means of communication in his era and his assignment as Chief Secretary of Posts and Telegraphs in Salonika (now Thessaloniki, Greece) placed him at the hub of Turkish revolutionary plotting. After the 1908 Young Turk Revolution, Talaat became one of the most influential politicians of the Ottoman Empire. In 1909 he was appointed Minister of the Interior and then Minister of Posts. By 1912 he was Secretary General of the CUP...