# Djemal Pasha

> One of the three men who ruled the Ottoman Empire through its collapse in World War I, his name sits at the edge of the Armenian genocide — implicated, but less directly than his partners. The question of how much he knew, ordered, or resisted has never settled.

*Turkish general and politician (1872-1922)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/djemal-pasha

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** Turkey
- **Born:** 1872-05-06
- **Died:** 1922-07-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Ahmed Djemal Pasha was born on 6 May 1872 and rose through the Ottoman military, stationed in Salonica, where he joined the reformist Committee of Union and Progress. Early in his career he was praised by Christian missionaries and helped Armenian victims of the Adana massacres. He fought in the Balkan Wars, developed a bitter rivalry with Mustafa Kemal, and took command of Constantinople after the Raid on the Sublime Porte. Alongside Talaat and Enver, he became one of the Three Pashas who led the empire during the First World War; his three-year authoritarian rule in Syria alienated the population through forced Turkish nationalism. His role in the Armenian genocide remains disputed — his policies favored forced assimilation rather than the outright extermination pursued by other CUP leaders. After the 1918 Armistice of Mudros, the CUP fell, and Djemal fled; a Special Military Tribunal sentenced him to death in absentia. On 21 July 1922, members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation assassinated him in Tbilisi.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 56.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Historical Figures, #Politician, #Politics, #Turkey, #Middle East, #19th Century

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djemal_Pasha)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q317011)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Djemal%20Pasha)
- [Camal Paşa](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camal_Pa%C5%9Fa)
- [Джэмаль-паша](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D1%8D%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B0)
- [জামাল পাশা](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE)
- [Djemal Paixà](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djemal_Paix%C3%A0)
- [جەمال پاشا](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%95%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7)
- [Džamal Paša](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BEamal_Pa%C5%A1a)
- [Cemal Pascha](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cemal_Pascha)
- [Αχμέτ Τζεμάλ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%87%CE%BC%CE%AD%CF%84_%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%AC%CE%BB)
- [Cemal Bajá](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cemal_Baj%C3%A1)
- [جمال پاشا](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7)
- [Djemal pašša](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djemal_pa%C5%A1%C5%A1a)
- [Djemal Pacha](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djemal_Pacha)
- [אחמד ג'מאל פאשה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%93_%D7%92'%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%94)
- [Ahmed Dzsemal](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Dzsemal)
- [Ջեմալ փաշա](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%A5%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AC_%D6%83%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%A1)
- [Ճեմալ փաշա](https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%83%D5%A5%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AC_%D6%83%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%A1)
- [Djemal Pasha](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djemal_Pasha)
- [Ahmed Cemal Pascià](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Cemal_Pasci%C3%A0)
- [ジェマル・パシャ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3)
- [აჰმედ ჯემალ-ფაშა](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%B0%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%93_%E1%83%AF%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A-%E1%83%A4%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90)
- [아흐메드 제말 파샤](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%ED%9D%90%EB%A9%94%EB%93%9C_%EC%A0%9C%EB%A7%90_%ED%8C%8C%EC%83%A4)
- [Cemal Pascha](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cemal_Pascha)
- [Wikiquote](https://bn.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ahmed_Djemal)
- [Wikiquote](https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ahmed_Djemal)
- [Wikiquote](https://tr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cemal_Pa%C5%9Fa)
- [جمال باشا](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7)

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