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MURDER OF TALAAT PASHA AND RAFFI HOVANNISIAN'S RALLY
http://lurer.com/?p=84847&l=en
2013-03-15 13:42:45
On March 15, 1921 Soghomon Tehlirian shot the former Minister of
Internal Affairs of Turkey, Talaat Pasha in Berlin. In 1921 Berlin
court acquitted Tehlirian. The operation was called "Nemesis",
sponsored by Armen Garo and Shahan Natalie. IX Congress of the Dashnak
Party, held in autumn in 1919, decided to give sentences of executed
Young Turk leaders. 650 names of performers and supporters of Genocide
were considered, 41 main culprits were chosen.
Soghomon Tehlirian- (April 2, 1897 - May 23, 1960) was an Ottoman
Armenian known for assassinating the former Grand Vizir Talaat Pasha
in Berlin in the presence of many witnesses on March 15, 1921 as
an act of vengeance for Talaat's role in orchestrating the Armenian
Genocide. It was a part of the Dashnak Party's Operation Nemesis.
Soghomon Tehlirian was born in the village of Nerkin Bagarij in
the Erzurum villayet of Western Armenia. He received his primary
education in his birthplace and afterwards graduated in the Getronagan
(Central) Lyceum of Constantinople. After graduation, he returned to
his native Erzincan. In June of 1915, the Turkish local police ordered
the evacuation and deportation of all the Armenians in Erzincan. He
along with his mother, three sisters, his sister's husband, his two
brothers, and a two year old niece were forced to be deported. After
marching for several hours, they heard gunfire coming and Turkish
troops suddenly descended on the deportees. His mother was immediately
shot dead. His sisters were dragged behind the bushes and raped. Next
he watched a man cleave his brothers skull in front of him and then
something smashed Tehlirian's head and he was knocked unconscious.
After he awoke from unconsciousness, he escaped to Tbilisi where
he joined the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. He eventually
participated in General Antranik's voluntary military detachments. In
1921 he joined the Operation Nemesis covert assassination operation.
The trial examined not only Tehlirian's actions but also Tehlirian's
conviction that Talaat Pasha was the main author of the Armenian
deportation and mass killings. The defense attorneys made no attempt
to deny the fact that Tehlirian had killed a man, and instead focused
on the influence of the Armenian Genocide on Tehlirian's mental state.
It took the jury slightly over an hour to render a verdict of "not
guilty" on grounds of temporary insanity.
To note, today at 17:00 ex-presidential candidate and leader of the
"Heritage" party Raffi Hovhannisyan will hold his rally at Liberty
Square. On the eve of Raffi Hovannisian in his speech said that he has
chosen this day, as Soghomon Tehliryan made his heroic act on March 15.
http://lurer.com/?p=84847&l=en
2013-03-15 13:42:45
On March 15, 1921 Soghomon Tehlirian shot the former Minister of
Internal Affairs of Turkey, Talaat Pasha in Berlin. In 1921 Berlin
court acquitted Tehlirian. The operation was called "Nemesis",
sponsored by Armen Garo and Shahan Natalie. IX Congress of the Dashnak
Party, held in autumn in 1919, decided to give sentences of executed
Young Turk leaders. 650 names of performers and supporters of Genocide
were considered, 41 main culprits were chosen.
Soghomon Tehlirian- (April 2, 1897 - May 23, 1960) was an Ottoman
Armenian known for assassinating the former Grand Vizir Talaat Pasha
in Berlin in the presence of many witnesses on March 15, 1921 as
an act of vengeance for Talaat's role in orchestrating the Armenian
Genocide. It was a part of the Dashnak Party's Operation Nemesis.
Soghomon Tehlirian was born in the village of Nerkin Bagarij in
the Erzurum villayet of Western Armenia. He received his primary
education in his birthplace and afterwards graduated in the Getronagan
(Central) Lyceum of Constantinople. After graduation, he returned to
his native Erzincan. In June of 1915, the Turkish local police ordered
the evacuation and deportation of all the Armenians in Erzincan. He
along with his mother, three sisters, his sister's husband, his two
brothers, and a two year old niece were forced to be deported. After
marching for several hours, they heard gunfire coming and Turkish
troops suddenly descended on the deportees. His mother was immediately
shot dead. His sisters were dragged behind the bushes and raped. Next
he watched a man cleave his brothers skull in front of him and then
something smashed Tehlirian's head and he was knocked unconscious.
After he awoke from unconsciousness, he escaped to Tbilisi where
he joined the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. He eventually
participated in General Antranik's voluntary military detachments. In
1921 he joined the Operation Nemesis covert assassination operation.
The trial examined not only Tehlirian's actions but also Tehlirian's
conviction that Talaat Pasha was the main author of the Armenian
deportation and mass killings. The defense attorneys made no attempt
to deny the fact that Tehlirian had killed a man, and instead focused
on the influence of the Armenian Genocide on Tehlirian's mental state.
It took the jury slightly over an hour to render a verdict of "not
guilty" on grounds of temporary insanity.
To note, today at 17:00 ex-presidential candidate and leader of the
"Heritage" party Raffi Hovhannisyan will hold his rally at Liberty
Square. On the eve of Raffi Hovannisian in his speech said that he has
chosen this day, as Soghomon Tehliryan made his heroic act on March 15.