- Djevdet Bey
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Not to be confused with the (unrelated) novel Cevdet Bey ve Oğulları by Orhan Pamuk.
Djevdet Bey, Jevdet Bey, Cevdet Belbez[1] (Modern Turkish: Cevdet Bey ) was the governor of the Van vilayet of the Ottoman Empire during World War I. He governed from 1914 until the evacuation of Muslims from Van Province in May 1915.[2] He succeeded Governor Tahsin Bay.
He was portrayed by Elias Koteas in the 2002 film Ararat.
He was the brother-in-law of Enver Pasha[1].
Sources
- ^ a b Sait Çetinoğlu, "Bir Osmanlı Komutanının Soykırım Güncesi", Birikim, 09.04.2009. (Turkish)
- ^ McCarthy, Arslan, Taskiran, Turan. The Armenian Rebellion at Van. 2006.
See also
- Siege of Van
- World War I
- Assyrian Genocide
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