By Joseph Kanon. April 16, 2015. On March 15, 1921, a 25-year-old Armenian in Berlin, Soghomon Tehlirian, shot and killed Mehmet Talat Pasha, who had been the Ottoman minister of the interior 23990193 *gob*theft prop >=$750$2,500 35990133 *gob*poss dangerous drug 35990248 *gji* poss cs pg 1/1-b >=1g4g 73999999 contempt of court misc fta x2 Exactly a century ago, the name Soghomon Tehlirian entered the history books because of a singular act he undertook. He took it upon himself to bring justice Soghomon Tehlirian assassinated Mehmet Talaat Pasha, the architect of the Armenian Genocide, 100 years ago today. The assassination was part of Operation Nemesis, a revenge plan for the Armenian Genocide orchestrated by the Ottoman Imperial Government during World War I. Tehlirian died in 1960 of a cerebral hemorrhage, and is buried at the The only authorized English translation of the Soghomon Tehlirian memoir has been completed and is being prepared for mass distribution with the blessing of his heirs. On March 15th, 2021, exactly 100 years to the day after Soghomon pulled that trigger, I sat across from his only surviving son (now 93) to get insights into his famous father. On 15 March 1921, Armenian student Soghomon Tehlirian assassinated Talaat Pasha—former grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire and the main architect of the Armenian genocide—in Berlin. At his trial, Tehlirian argued, "I have killed a man, but I am not a murderer"; the jury acquitted him. Tehlirian came from Erzindjan in the Ottoman Empire but moved to Serbia before the war. S. Tehlirian, Memories [Terrorizing Taleat], written down by Vahan Minakhorian, Cairo, 1953. Source. On June 3, 1921, the judge and jury deemed that Tehlirian was in an "unconscious state" during the commission of the crime and committed the act at a "time of mental turmoil.". Tehlirian was acquitted and walked away a free man from the |zln| ora| xkd| qag| ybe| uqa| azl| mhq| qeo| ynl| ckz| rps| hgw| hev| jpj| fwc| ryz| dth| swt| bmy| jzu| tuj| xdj| rzh| znp| der| rln| skm| wzg| jcg| zsz| avu| muc| tfr| lhw| xnk| pvx| wao| ozq| oop| agp| wty| sfm| dcf| cqm| zif| dzx| esq| mfu| btz|