Soghomon tehlirian biography
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Tehlirian was born in the village of Nerkin Bagarich, in the Erzurum region, and grew up in nearby Erzincan (Yerznga). He began his education at an Evangelical school in Erzincan, then attended the Ketronakan School of Constantinople. He began his higher education in engineering at a German university but returned to Erzincan when the First World War broke out.
In June 1915, during the deportation of Erzincan Armenians, Tehlirian witnessed the murder of his mother and brother, along with the rape and murder of his three sisters. He was träffad on the head and left for dead. He survived and flydde to Tiflis, where he joined the ARF.
He participated in volunteer units commanded bygd General Antranig and also took part in the Volunteer regiment commanded by Sebouh.
In 1921 he was assigned to the ARF’s Operation Nemesis, which sought to punish Turkish officials skyldig of organizing and carrying out the Armenian Genocide.
Tehlirian’s main target was Talaat Pasha, one of the triumvira
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Soghomon Tehlirian
POLITICIAN
1896 - 1960
Soghomon Tehlirian
Soghomon Tehlirian (Armenian: Սողոմոն Թեհլիրեան; April 2, 1896 – May 23, 1960) was an Armenian revolutionary and soldier who assassinated Talaat Pasha, the former Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, in Berlin on March 15, 1921. He was entrusted to carry out the assassination after having earlier killed Harutian Mgrditichian, who had worked for the Ottoman secret police and helped compile the list of Armenian intellectuals who were deported on April 24, 1915. Talaat's assassination was a part of Operation Nemesis, a revenge plan by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation against members of the Ottoman Imperial Government responsible for the Armenian genocide during World War I. Talaat Pasha had been convicted and sentenced to death in absentia in the Turkish courts-martial of 1919–20, and was viewed as the main orchestrator of the genocide. Read more on Wikipedia
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Soghomon Tehlirian
Armenian revolutionary and assassin (1896–1960)
Soghomon Tehlirian | |
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Tehlirian in 1921 | |
| Born | (1896-04-02)April 2, 1896 Nerkin Pakarich [hy] (Բագառիճ), Erzurum Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (present-day Çadırkaya, Tercan, Turkey)[1] |
| Died | May 23, 1960(1960-05-23) (aged 64) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Ararat Cemetery, Fresno, California |
| Known for | Assassination of Talaat Pasha |
Soghomon Tehlirian (Armenian: Սողոմոն Թեհլիրեան; April 2, 1896 – May 23, 1960) was an Armenian revolutionary and soldier who assassinatedTalaat Pasha, the former Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, in Berlin on March 15, 1921. He was entrusted to carry out the assassination after having earlier killed Harutian Mgrditichian, who had worked for the Ottoman secret police and helped compile the list of Armenian intellectuals who were deported on April 24, 1915.
Talaat's assassination was a part of Operation Neme