Behaeddin Shakir

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Behaeddin Shakir (d.1922), A member of the central committee of Committee of Union and Progress. He was also the establishing member of the Committee of Union and Progress in 1906. At the end of the world war one, he was detained with other members of Committee of Union and Progress first by the local court martial and then by the British government (Allies) put into (send to) Malta pending military trials for crimes against humanity, which never materialized, and was subsequently exchanged by the British for hostages held by Kemalist forces in Turkey.

1 Armenian genocide case
- 1.1 Armenian genocide
- 1.2 Armenian-Azerbaijani war
2 See

[edit] Armenian genocide case

In the autumn of 1919, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation which was part of Armenian national liberation movement gave a verdict to punish the executors of the Armenian Genocide. It was decided by the Ninth World Congress of Armenian resistance. Behaeddin Shakir assassinated by Uhland, Arshavir Shirakian and Aram Yerganian on April 17 1922. They were not captured. Armenian Revolutionary Federation claims that Behaeddin Shakir had two main involvement with Armenians.

[edit] Armenian genocide

As a proof of the state organized genocide using the tehcir (deportations) process of Tehcir law, Behaeddin Shakir was claimed to be the central figure of the special organization. The details of his involvement, or documents regarding his activities of Armenian deportations have never been substantiated.

[edit] Armenian-Azerbaijani war

See also: Democratic Republic of Armenia and Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

Further information: Armenian-Azerbaijani war (1918 - 1920)

Armenian Revolutionary Federation blames for Behaeddin Shakir involvement to Armenian-Azerbaijani war (1918 - 1920), which specially the communication between Musavat and Committee of Union and Progress. In the initial stages of this war Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Armenian Militia) was engaged in armed confrontation with the Azerbaijani forces which many Muslims were expelled from Baku, or went underground. The war reversed back when Enver Pasha, Ottoman Empire, begin to move forward with the newly established Army of Islam. Dunsterville ordered the evacuation of the city on September 14, after six weeks of occupation, and withdrew to Iran; most of the Armenian population escaped with British forces. The the Army of Islam and their Azeri allies, led by Nuri Pasha, entered in Baku on September 15. However, after the armistice of Mudros between Great Britain and Ottoman Empire on October 30, Turkish troops were substituted by the Triple Entente. Headed by British general W. Thomson, who had declared himself the military governor of Baku, 5,000 Commonwealth soldiers arrived in Baku on November 17, 1918. By General Thomson's order, martial law was implemented in Baku. During the war Armenian Revolutionary Federation blames for Behaeddin Shakir lost of 20,000 Armenians. The relation of Behaeddin Shakir to 20,000 Armenians is not substantiated, it is also under question if 20,000 was the civilians or the Armenian militia.