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Arshavir Shiragian
was born in 1902. He
assassinated Said Halim
Pasha in Rome on
December 5, 1921 and
Djemal Azmi in Berlin on
April 17, 1922.
At the
same time he also
wounded Behaeddin Shakir
Bey (while he was
walking with Djemal Azmi)
when seconds later Aram
Yerganian shot Shakir
Bey a second time in his
forehead killing him.
Arshavir
Shiragian later moved to
the United States and
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Soghomon Tehlirian
was born in 1897. He
assassinated Talat Pasha
on March 15, 1921 in
Berlin. Two of his
accomplices in that
operation were Hagop
Zorian (Hazor) and
Hratch Papazian.
He was
captured, tried and
found not guilty. After
the trial, he moved to
the former Yugoslavia
where he lived for
nearly thirty years.
After
the end of World War Two
he and his family fled
to Casablanca. Having
been told by the ARF
that Turkish agents were
closing on him in 1956
he moved to The United
States. He died in 1960
in San Francisco. He is
buried in Fresno, CA.
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Misak Torlakian
was born in 1890 in a
village in the vilayet
of Trebizond.
After assassinating
Bihbud Khan Jivanshir he
was captured and tried
by a British Military
Court.
A verdict
of "guilty but not
responsible" due to his
mental condition at the
time of the event was
read on October 20,
1921. He was expelled to
Greece and eventually
moved to the United
States. He died on
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Aram Yerganian
was born in 1900. He
assassinated an
Azerbaijani government
official by the name of
Gasimbekov in 1920. In
1921 in Tiflis he
assassinated Fathali
Khan Khoiski responsible
for the slather of
30,000 Armenians in
Baku.
Yerganian's accomplice
for the Tiflis operation
was Misak Giraghossian.
On April 17, 1922 in
Berlin he assassinated
Behaeddin Shakir. He was
never captured.
Aram
Yerganian moved to
Cordoba in South America
where he died destitute
at the age of 34 from
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Stepan Dzaghigian
assassinated Djemal
Pasha on July 21, 1922
in Tbilisi.
Thereafter he started a
secret operation to
provide food and
clothing to fellow
Armenians kept in Soviet
prison camps in Siberia
and Solovki Island.
He was
caught by The Cheka and
never heard from again |
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Bedros Der Boghosian
was Stepan Dzaghigian's
accomplice in the
assassination of Djemal
Pasha in Tbilisi. |
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Artashes Kevorkian
was Stepan Dzaghigian's
accomplice in the
assassination of Djemal
Pasha in Tbilisi. |
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The Traitors
Mgrditch Haroutounian
in Constanipole in 1920
by Soghomon Tehlirian
Vahe Ihssan (Yessayan)
in Constanipole on March
27, 1920 in Constanipole
by Arshavir Shiragian
Hemayag Aramiantz
by Arshag Yezdanian
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Fatali Khan Khoyski
on June 19, 1920 in
Tbilisi by Aram
Yerganian
Fatali
Khan Khoyski was the
former Prime Minister of
Azerbaijan chiefly
responsible for Baku
massacres.
He was
assasinated on June 19,
1920 in Tiflis at
Erevanian square by Aram
Yerganian while walking
with Khan Mahmadov
(another condemned
person) the former
leader of the Mussavat
party in the Baku
parliment . Yerganian's
acomplice in this
operation was Misak
Giragossian. During the
operation Mahmadov and
Giragossian were
wounded.
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Talat Pasha
on March 15, 1921 in
Berlin by Soghomon
Tehlirian
Talat
Pasha was one of the
leaders of the Young
Turks and a leading
member of Sublime Porte.
He was assassinated on
March 15, 1921 at 17
Hardenberg Strasse in
the Charlottenburg
district of Berlin by
Soghomon Tehlirian.
Tehlirian was captured
and after a two day
trial on June 2-3, 1921
was acquitted of all
charges.
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Bihbud Khan Jivanshir
on July 18, 1921 in
Constantinople by Misak
Torlakian
Bihbud
Khan Jivanshir was the
former interior minister
of Azerbaijan
responsible for the
massacre of thousands of
Armenians in Baku.
He was
assassinated outside the
Pera Palace hotel in
Constantinople
(Istanbul) on July 18,
1921 by Misak Torlakian.
His accomplices for this
operation were Yervant
Fundukian and Harutiun
Harutiunian. Torlakian
was captured and tried
by a British Military
Court. A verdict of
"guilty but not
responsible" due to his
mental condition at the
time of the event was
read on October 20,
1921. He was expelled to
Greece and eventually
moved to the United
States.
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Said Halim Pasha
on December 5, 1921 in
Rome by Arshavir
Shiragian
Said
Halim Pasha was the
Ottoman Grand Vizier
from 1913-1916 .
He was
assassinated in his
horse carriage on Via
Nomentana on December 5,
1921 in Rome by Arshavir
Shiragian. His
accomplices for this
operation were Michael
Varantian the former
ambassador of the
Republic of Armenia to
Italy and an agent by
the name of "M".
Shiragian was not
captured. |
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Behaeddin Shakir
on April 17, 1922 in
Berlin by Aram Yerganian
Dr.
Behaeddin Shakir was a
founding member of the
Committee of Union and
Progress.
He was assasinated on
April 17, 1922 in Berlin
by Aram Yerganian.
Behaeddin Shakir and
Jemal Azmi were
assasinated at the same
time while walking with
their families. After
shooting Jemal Azmi,
Arshavir Shiragian then
wounded Behaeddin Shakir
after which Aram
Yerganian delivering the
deadly shot. |
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Jemal Azmi
on April 17, 1922 in
Berlin by Arshavir
Shiragian
Jemal
Azmi also known as the
monster of Trebizond was
the governor-general of
Trebizond.
He was assasinated on
April 17, 1922 in Berlin
by Arshavir Shiragian.
Behaeddin Shakir and
Jemal Azmi were
assasinated at the same
time while walking with
their families. After
shooting Jemal Azmi,
Arshavir Shiragian then
wounded Behaeddin Shakir
after which Aram
Yerganian delivering the
deadly shot. |
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Jemal Pasha
on July 25, 1922 in
Tbilisi by Stepan
Dzaghigian
Djemal
Pasha was one of the
leaders of the Young
Turks and a leading
member of Sublime Porte.
Due to his notorious
cruelty he was known as
Djemal the butcher.
He was assassinated on
July 21, 1922 in Tbilisi
by Stepan Dzaghigian.
Dzaghigian's acomplices
in this operation were
Bedros Der Boghosian and
Artashes Kevorkian.
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Enver Pasha
in 1922 in Tajikistan by
Hagop Melkumov an
Armenian member of the
Red Army.
Enver
Pasha was one of the
leaders of the Young
Turks and a leading
member of Sublime Porte.
He was killed in 1922 in
Tajikistan by Hagop
Melkumov an Armenian
member of the Red Army. |
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