- Title
- A Rescuer, an Enigma and a Génocidaire: Cemal Pasha
- Creator
- Kurt, Ümit
- Relation
- End of the Ottomans: The Genocide of 1915 and the Politics of Turkish Nationalism p. 221-246
- Relation
- Bloomsbury Collections
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781788317511.ch-009
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Ziya Şakir, Cemal Pasha (1872–1922) held the most significant position following Talaat (1874–1921) and Enver (1881–1922) in the history of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) government. Known for his rigid policies towards Arab nationalists and Zionists during his posting in Greater Syria, Cemal Pasha and his role in the Armenian genocide has always remained an issue of contention. There are important accounts of Cemal’s activity, particularly during the First World War, which have found him to have had no active role in the deportation and extermination of Armenians – here differing from the other two pillars of the CUP, Enver and Talaat. On the contrary, such accounts argue that he extended a helping hand to Armenians in so far as his authority and power would allow, and that he even faced off against members of the central government in Istanbul and the CUP head office to do so. This chapter will question that argument, examining the politics of Cemal Pasha during the war, while concentrating on his approach to the Armenian matter. It will also explore his own responsibility for the genocide and discuss the context and contingencies of the way in which his role as a genocide perpetrator manifested itself.
- Subject
- Cemal Pasha; Committee of Union and Progress (CUP); troops; military
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1477424
- Identifier
- uon:49977
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780755635979
- Language
- eng
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