Special Organization
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01 On Takvim-i Vekayi
Krikor Guerguerian
An essay about the originality of the documents that came to light during the Istanbul trials and which were published in part in the Takvim-i Vekayi.
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02 Notes on Turkish Official Documents
Krikor Guerguerian
The anthology of what's inside is below.
Regarding the death penalty of Captain Nuri Bey, who was convicted as such for ordering the killing of 3,000 Armenian soldiers of the Sivas labor batallions in 1916, because they refused to convert out of Christianity; citing the Jamanag newspaper's 17 August 1919 issue.
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03 Notes from Various Newspapers
Krikor Guerguerian
Pages from the (?) edition of the Jamanag, 1918.
Pages from the (?) edition of the Jamanag, 1916.
The English translation of the 10-item resolution of the law to exterminate the Armenians prepared by the CUP, probably around February 15, and published in some Turkish and Armenian newspapers. It was also published ... Read More -
04 French Reports on Armenians' Plight
Krikor Guerguerian
The French report describing the condition of the Armenians living in Eastern Anatolia during 1908-1909, and the pressures that they were faced with.
The French report describing the condition of the Armenians living in Eastern Anatolia during 1908-1912, and the pressures that they were faced with.
French documents consisting of reports sent ... Read More -
05 Original Documents of Courts - Martial
Krikor Guerguerian
[This is a long document. Please consult the index for full information]A note stating that the following 4-page Ottoman documents are the sworn testimonies of the Yozgat Military Branch President and the Provincial Military Commander Salim Bey, dated 9 December 1918,
For this document, please refer to the Ottoman section of ... Read More -
06 Quotations from Takvim-i Vekayi
Krikor Guerguerian
[This is a long document. Please consult the index for full information]For this document, please refer to the Ottoman section of this Archive.
Excerpts from the Military Tribunal court minutes, published in the Takvim-i Vekayi’s issue on 5 May 1919. This page is regarding the fact that the Harput Governor-General Sabit ... Read More -
07 Armenian Issue in the Post - Genocide Period
Krikor Guerguerian
A compilation of the convesation had between the Ottoman and English authorities at the meetings held before the ceasefire of 20 October 1918, regarding the Armenian issue.
An article that remarks upon the role of the CUP and which includes statistical information that points at the Armenian Genocide having been a ... Read More -
08 Perpetrators I
Krikor Guerguerian
[This is a long document. Please consult the index for full information]
Illegible handwritten notes
Handwritten notes. Illegible handwritten notes. A page in which the Special Organization is also mentioned.
French. The French translation of a telegraph published in the Takvim-i Vekayi’s issue number 3540.
Regarding the meetings and the ... Read More
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09 Tercüman-ı Hakikat
Krikor Guerguerian
The photocopies of various pages and columns from the Tercüman-ı Hakikat [Tercuman-I Hakikat] newspaper's issue number 14136, dated 5 August 1920.
The convictions of the Military Tribunal in relation to the deportation of Armenians in Bayburt and details regarding the trial, as published in the Tercüman-ı Hakikat [Tercuman-I Hakikat] newspaper's issue ... Read More -
10 Teşkilat-ı Mahsusa - Armenian I
Krikor Guerguerian
The Ottoman government and the Arabs, 1911 to 1918; study of Teskilati Mahsusa. Turkish war committee history; names of convicted.
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11 Teşkilat-ı Mahsusa - Philips Hendrick Stoddard
Krikor Guerguerian
A 1-page note about Philips Hendrick; it criticizes Hendrick for his approach to the Special Organization.
The photocopy of Philip Hendrick’s book. -
12 Perpetrators II
Krikor Guerguerian
[This is a long document. Please consult the index for full information]
An article about the CUP. Notes describing the administrative structures of the Provinces of Diyarbekir [Diyarbakır], Bitlis, Trabzon, and Sivas.
A list containing the names of regions of settlement, starting with Adiyaman [Adıyaman]; across them some numbers are ... Read More
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13 Teşkilat-ı Mahsusa - Report I
Krikor Guerguerian
A typewritten text, with handwritten notes spattered in between lines, on the topic of the Special Organization's establishment, development, organization, and its leaders, activities, and role in the Armenian Genocide; some original reports are also included (book?)
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14 Teşkilat-ı Mahsusa - Report II
Krikor Guerguerian
A long text written about the Special Organization and the Military Tribunal trials; probably a chapter of a book. It contains one section of the text in the previous folder (Folder Name: 13 Teshkilaat-I Mahsusa Dossier LXXV).
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15 Teşkilat-ı Mahsusa - Armenian II
Krikor Guerguerian
The tribunal exonerated criminals in order for them to murder Armenians; they earned immunity from prison for partaking in actions.
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16 Mevlanzade Rıfat
Krikor Guerguerian
Some pages from Mevlanzade Rifat's [Mevlanzade Rıfat] 1929 book, "The True Face of the Turkish Revolution," published in Aleppo by El Vakit Press, notes written in the margins, and Turkish and English translations.
The photocopy of the news report, published in the Tercüman-ı Hakikat [Tercuman-I Hakikat] newspaper's issue number 14136 on ... Read More -
17 Armenocide - Krieger I
Krikor Guerguerian
The typwritten and partially handwritten manuscript of Krieger's "The Armenocide According to Turkish Offical Documents" book, as well as notes and some documents
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18 Armenocide - Krieger II
Krikor Guerguerian
The Armenian translation of Krieger's "The Armenocide According to Turkish Offical Documents" book.
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19 Armenocide - Krieger III
Krikor Guerguerian
The handwritten manuscript and notes of Krieger's "The Armenocide According to Turkish Offical Documents" book.
