Bahaeddin Şakir

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Ottoman politician (1874-1922)

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Bahaeddin Şakir or Bahaddin Şakir was an Ottoman physician, Turkish nationalist politician, and one of the architects of the Armenian genocide.

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Portrait from the October 1909 issue of Servet-i Fünun

Encrypted telegram from Şakir dated 4 July 1915 found by Taner Akçam. He asks "Were the Armenians deported from there eliminated? Were those harmful elements removed through deportation liquidated or simply deported? Please be clear in your report, sir."

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Graves honoring Armenian Genocide perpetrators Şakir and Cemal Azmi in the cemetery of Şehitlik Mosque in Berlin (foreground left).[21]

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Bahaeddin Şakir or Bahaddin Şakir was an Ottoman physician, Turkish nationalist politician, and one of the architects of the Armenian genocide. Though he was not a minister or deputy in the government, he held powerful sway in the Central Committee of the Committee of Union and Progress and was the director of the Şûrâ-yı Ümmet, a magazine that supported the party. He was one of the three important names of the "Doctors Group" in the CUP ; He was a part of the pan-Turkist/Turanist wing of Union and Progress.

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