In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Cemal Azmi, the title is Bey, and there is no family name.
Cemal Azmi
Born
1868
Arapgir, Ottoman Empire
Died
April 17, 1922 (aged 53/54)
Berlin, Weimar Republic
Cause of death
Assassination by gunshot
Resting place
Neukölln cemetery
Nationality
Ottoman
Known for
Governor of the Trebizond Vilayet and perpetrator of the Armenian genocide
Parent(s)
Osman Nuri Bey and Gülsüm Azmi
Cemal Azmi (1868 – April 17, 1922), also spelled Jemal Azmi, was an Ottoman politician and governor of the Trebizond (now Trabzon) Vilayet (province) during World War I and the final years of the Ottoman Empire.[1] He was one of the perpetrators of the Armenian genocide and was mainly responsible for the liquidation of Armenians in Trebizond Vilayet.[2] He was known as the "butcher of Trebizond".[3][4][5][6][7][8]
^Bartov, Omer; Mack, Phyllis (2001). In God's Name: Genocide and religion in the twentieth century. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 9781571812148.
^Kévorkian, Raymond H. (2010). The Armenian Genocide: A complete history. London: I. B. Tauris. ISBN 9781848855618. Azmi was to be one of the main architects of the liquidation of his vilayet's Armenian population.
^von Voss, Huberta (2007). Portraits of Hope: Armenians in the contemporary world (1st English ed.). New York: Berghahn Books. p. 296. ISBN 9781845452575. Retrieved 15 February 2013. Avengers Arshavir Shirakian (1900-73) and Aram Yerkanian (1898-1934) executed Cemal Azmi, who, as the former governor general of Trebzon was the "butcher" of the province.
^Derogy, Jacques (1990). Resistance and Revenge: The Armenian assassination of Turkish leaders responsible for the 1915 massacres and deportations. Transaction Publishers. p. 74. ISBN 9781412833165. Retrieved 15 February 2013. Oriental carpet shop that was opened in the town center by the butcher of Trebizond, Jemal Azmi.
^"Jemal Azmi known as "the Butcher of Trabzon," was assassinated on 14 April 1922". The Armenian Review. 42: 44. 1990.
^"Suçluya Saygi: Mehmet Cemal Azmi Bey" (in Turkish). Soykirima Karsi Uluslarasi Analyis Dernegi. Ermeni çocuklarına uyguladığı vahşet nedeniyle "Trabzon Celladı" diye de anılmaktadır. [Translation from Turkish: Due to the violence he performed against Armenian children, he became known as the "butcher of Trabzon".]
^Chaliand, Gérard (2010). The History of Terrorism from Antiquity to al Qaeda ([Nachdr.] ed.). Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.]: University of California Press. p. 195. ISBN 9780520247093. One of the organizers of the genocide, and Jemal Azmi, "the butcher of Trebizond."
^Suny, Ronald Grigor (2015). "They Can Live in the Desert but Nowhere Else": A History of the Armenian Genocide. Princeton University Press. p. 334. ISBN 978-1400865581.
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