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| ⚫ | '''Naim Bey''' was allegedly the chief secretary of the Deportation Committee in [[Aleppo]]. "The Committee was charged by the Central Government of Turkey with the official responsibly of deporting via Aleppo the uprooted Armenians with the ultimate aim of exterminating them." <ref>The First Genocide of the 20th century by James Nazer, p. 63.</ref> It is not clear if Naim Bey was an actual or a fictitious person. |
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[[Image:Ruinsgenocide.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Ethnic Armenian town in ruins during the [[Armenian Genocide]].]] |
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| ⚫ | '''Naim Bey''' was the chief secretary of the Deportation Committee in [[Aleppo]]. "The Committee was charged by the Central Government of Turkey with the official responsibly of deporting via Aleppo the uprooted Armenians with the ultimate aim of exterminating them." <ref>The First Genocide of the 20th century by James Nazer, p. 63.</ref> |
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== Allegations about Naim Bey in [[The Memoirs of Naim Bey]] == |
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== Background == |
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After the arrival of the [[United Kingdom|British]] at Aleppo, Naim Bey did not flee with the Turkish officials but remained back and in order to calm his deeply disturbed conscience handed to [[Aram Andonian|A. Andonian]] many official documents under his disposal received from the Central Government as regard the exterminations of the [[Armenians]]. |
After the arrival of the [[United Kingdom|British]] at Aleppo, Naim Bey did not flee with the Turkish officials but remained back and in order to calm his deeply disturbed conscience handed to [[Aram Andonian|A. Andonian]] many official documents under his disposal received from the Central Government as regard the exterminations of the [[Armenians]]. |
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{{cquote|One telegram dated September 16, 1915, notes that the Committee on Union and Progress had decided to destroy completely all the Armenians living in Turkey. Those who oppose this order and decision cannot remain on the official staff of the empire. An end must be put to their [the Armenians'] existence, however criminal the measure taken may be, and no regard must be paid to either age or sex nor to conscientious scruples. <ref>Andonian, The Memoirs of Naim Bey, p. 64.</ref>}} |
{{cquote|One telegram dated September 16, 1915, notes that the Committee on Union and Progress had decided to destroy completely all the Armenians living in Turkey. Those who oppose this order and decision cannot remain on the official staff of the empire. An end must be put to their [the Armenians'] existence, however criminal the measure taken may be, and no regard must be paid to either age or sex nor to conscientious scruples. <ref>Andonian, The Memoirs of Naim Bey, p. 64.</ref>}} |
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==Did Naim Bey exist?== |
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Şinasi Orel and Süreyya Yuca released the work ''The Talaât Pasha "telegrams" : Historical fact or Armenian fiction?'' in 1983. They concluded that the Andonian documents are forgeries. Some international scholars became convinced by their work, others raised questions about the authenticity of the Andonian documents and again others believed furthermore that the Andonian documents are authentic despite the discrepancies. (For details see the debate about the authenticity in [[The Memoirs of Naim Bey#Authenticity|The Memoirs of Naim Bey]]) |
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Within their elaboration, Orel and Yuca noted that they could not find the name of Naim Bey neither in various official Ottoman registers nor could they find any reference to such a person. Orel and Yuca concluded that "it seems impossible to make a definite judgement on the question of whether or not Naim Bey was an actual person. If not a fictitious person created by Andonian, he clearly must have been a very low-ranking official, who could not have been in a position to have access to documents of a secret and sensitive nature.<ref>Şinasi Orel, Süreyya Yuca ''The Talaât Pasha "telegrams" : Historical fact or Armenian fiction?'', Nikosia 1983, pp.25-26</ref> |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Revision as of 15:33, 7 November 2007
Naim Bey was allegedly the chief secretary of the Deportation Committee in Aleppo. "The Committee was charged by the Central Government of Turkey with the official responsibly of deporting via Aleppo the uprooted Armenians with the ultimate aim of exterminating them." [1] It is not clear if Naim Bey was an actual or a fictitious person.
Allegations about Naim Bey in The Memoirs of Naim Bey
After the arrival of the British at Aleppo, Naim Bey did not flee with the Turkish officials but remained back and in order to calm his deeply disturbed conscience handed to A. Andonian many official documents under his disposal received from the Central Government as regard the exterminations of the Armenians.
The Memoirs of Naim Bey was first published in London in 1920 with an introduction by Viscount Gladstone.
The telegrams quoted in these memoirs state explicitly that the government had decided to annihilate all Armenians living in Turkey.[2]
According to Naim Bey there were huge massacres after 1916: at Ras-ul-Ain, the present terminus of the Baghdad Railroad, where 70,000 were killed and at the aforementioned Der-el-Zor, where 200,000 Armenians were slaughtered. [3]
The Memoirs of Naim Bey
The documents provided in Naim Bey's memoirs are most damning evidence that put forward to support the claim of a genocide. Particularly incriminating are the telegrams of the wartime interior minister. If authentic, they provide proof that Talat Pasha gave explicit orders to kill all Turkish Armenians—men, women, and children.
One telegram dated September 16, 1915, notes that the Committee on Union and Progress had decided to destroy completely all the Armenians living in Turkey. Those who oppose this order and decision cannot remain on the official staff of the empire. An end must be put to their [the Armenians'] existence, however criminal the measure taken may be, and no regard must be paid to either age or sex nor to conscientious scruples. [4]
Did Naim Bey exist?
Şinasi Orel and Süreyya Yuca released the work The Talaât Pasha "telegrams" : Historical fact or Armenian fiction? in 1983. They concluded that the Andonian documents are forgeries. Some international scholars became convinced by their work, others raised questions about the authenticity of the Andonian documents and again others believed furthermore that the Andonian documents are authentic despite the discrepancies. (For details see the debate about the authenticity in The Memoirs of Naim Bey)
Within their elaboration, Orel and Yuca noted that they could not find the name of Naim Bey neither in various official Ottoman registers nor could they find any reference to such a person. Orel and Yuca concluded that "it seems impossible to make a definite judgement on the question of whether or not Naim Bey was an actual person. If not a fictitious person created by Andonian, he clearly must have been a very low-ranking official, who could not have been in a position to have access to documents of a secret and sensitive nature.[5]
See also
References
- ^ The First Genocide of the 20th century by James Nazer, p. 63.
- ^ The Lions of Marash: Personal Experiences with American Near East Relief, 1919-1922 - Page 15 by Stanley Elphinstone Kerr
- ^ "Starving Armenians": America and the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1930 and After - Page 47 by Merrill D. Peterson
- ^ Andonian, The Memoirs of Naim Bey, p. 64.
- ^ Şinasi Orel, Süreyya Yuca The Talaât Pasha "telegrams" : Historical fact or Armenian fiction?, Nikosia 1983, pp.25-26