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    KEY: OPERATION "NEMESIS"

    April 24, 2015 13:47
    EXCLUSIVE

    This time the Key section reflects on the history of establishment
    of Operation "Nemesis" aimed at the punishment of the perpetrators
    of the Armenian Genocide.

    1. What is "Nemesis?"

    "Nemesis" was an operation, which aimed to punish the leaders of the
    Young Turks who perpetrated and implemented the Armenian Genocide
    in 1915 as well as perpetrators of the Baku Pogrom - the massacre of
    Baku Armenians in 1918.

    2. When and how was "Nemesis" conceived?

    After Turkey was defeated in World War I, the leaders of the Young
    Turks fled to Germany. On December 16, 1918, a suit was brought
    against them - Talaat, Enver, Nazım, Djemal and their accomplices
    were accused of drawing the Ottoman Empire into war and organizing
    the deportation and massacre of Christians (Armenians). The court
    pronounced a death penalty for four out of the 31 accused - Talaat,
    Enver, Djemal and Nazim.

    In order to execute the sentence of the criminals who escaped it,
    the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) established "Nemesis." At
    its 19th General Assembly in Yerevan, ARF singled out 41 out of the
    650 criminals. A responsible authority led by special Ambassador of
    Armenia to the United States Armen Garo and a special fund headed by
    Shahan Satchaklyan were set up to carry out Operation "Nemesis."

    Shahan Natalie and Grigor Merjanov stood accountable for the
    operational management and the logistics of the operation.

    3. Which sentences were executed?

    - Berlin, March 15, 1921 - Soghomon Tehlirian assassinated principal
    perpetrator of the Armenian Genocide Talaat Pasha.

    - Rome, December 5, 1921 - Arshavir Shirakian killed head of the
    first office of the Young Turks Said Halim.

    - Berlin, April 17, 1922 - Arshavir Shirakian and Aram Yerkanian
    assassinated Cemal Azmi, who had ordered to drown 15 000 Armenian
    children in the sea, as well as Behaeddin Shakir.

    - Tiflis, July 22, 1922 - Petros Ter-Poghosyan and Artashes Gevorgyan
    killed Minister of the Navy Djemal Pasa.

    - May 31, 1920 - One of perpetrators of Baku Pogrom in 1918 Nasib
    Yusifbeyli was killed.

    - June 19, 1920 - Aram Yerkanian assassinated former Prime Minister
    of Azerbaijan Fatali Khan Khoyski.

    - Tiflis, July 19, 1920 - Aram Yerkanyan killed Hasan bey Aghayev,
    one of the main figures accountable for the massacres of Shushi and
    Baku Armenians.

    - July 18, 1921 - Misak Torlakian assassinated Behbud Khan Javanshir,
    Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan.

    Three traitors - Mkrtich Harutyunyan, Vahe Ihssan (Yesayan) and Adur
    Yasyan were also killed during Operation "Nemesis."

    4. The execution of which sentences failed?

    -The list of Operation "Nemesis" included the names of former War
    Minister Enver Pasha and Secretary General of Committee of Union
    and Progress Nazim Bey. The members of Operation "Nemesis" failed to
    assassinate them.

    Enver had fled to Central Asia from Germany. He was assassinated by
    Armenian Commander of Red Army Hakob Melkumov in Tajikistan in 1922.

    Nazim was sentenced to death in Turkey. He was accused of attempting
    to assassinate Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

    5. What caused Operation "Nemesis" to discontinue?

    In 1922, the governments in exile of Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan
    signed "Prometheus" bill of joint struggle against Bolshevism and
    the ARF Bureau decided to discontinue Operation "Nemesis."

    This decision was not unanimously accepted and came to be known as
    "most embarrassing" in the history. Years later Shahan Natalie
    suggested restoring Operation "Nemesis," but his proposal was
    rejected. He established "Western Armenian Liberation Alliance"
    in Paris.

    Mari Taryan

    http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/parzabanum/13970#sthash.Tk7y7vG6.dpuf

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