Yakub Cemil

Ottoman revolutionary Date Of Birth : 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z Date Of Death : 1916-09-11T00:00:00Z

Yakub Cemil (1883–1916) was an Ottoman revolutionary and soldier who assassinated Nazım Pasha during the 1913 Ottoman coup d’état. In 1916, he was arrested, sentenced to death, and executed.
During the Caucasus campaign, troops under the command of Cemil carried out some of the first major massacres of Armenians.

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