Behaeddin Shakir (d.1922), A member of the central committee of Committee of Union and Progress. A central figure in the execution of the Armenian Genocide. Foundation: 1890 Dissolved: 1918, Court Martialed Head: Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) (Turkish: Ä°ttihad ve Terakki Cemiyeti) was a political organization during the dissolution period of the Ottoman Empire which came to power between 1908 and 1918. ...
He was detained in Malta pending military trials for crimes against humanity, which never materialized, and was subsequently exchanged by the British for hostages held by Kemalist forces in Turkey.
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