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Yakub Cemil | |
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Born | 1883 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 11 September 1916 (aged 32/33) Istanbul, Ottoman Empire |
Political party | Committee of Union and Progress |
Yakub Cemil (1883–1916) was an Ottoman revolutionary and soldier who assassinated Nazım Pasha during the 1913 Ottoman coup d'état.[1]
During the Caucasus campaign, troops under the command of Cemil carried out some of the first major massacres of Armenians.[2]
In 1916, he was arrested, sentenced to death, and executed.[3]