mar 15, 1921 - Assassination of Mehmed Talaat

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The Ottoman Minister Mehmed Talaat was shot dead in Berlin on the night of March 15th 1921. The murderer, Soghomon Tehlirian, was tried for murder but let off on the account of temporary insanity. His trial became a major media event further exposing to the world the atrocities of this genocide.

Mehmet Talaat Pasha and the Armenian Genocide. www.armenian-genocide.org/talaat.html. Accessed 12 Oct. 2022.

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