For the 18th century Ottoman Grand Vizier, see Topal Osman Pasha.
Hacı
Topal Osman
Ağa
Born
Feridunzade Osman
1883
Giresun, Ottoman Empire
Died
April 2, 1923(1923-04-02) (aged 39–40)
Ankara, Ankara Government
Cause of death
Execution by shooting
Years active
1912-1923
Known for
Militia leader, volunteer army commander, Mustafa Kemal's personal guard, perpetrator of the Greek and Armenian genocides, assassin of Ali Şükrü Bey
Military career
Allegiance
Ottoman Empire, Ankara Government
Service/branch
Kuva-yi Milliye, Turkish Land Forces
Years of service
1912-1923
Rank
Militia lieutenant colonel
Unit
47th Regiment
Battles/wars
Balkan Wars, World War I (Caucasus campaign), Turkish War of Independence (Koçgiri Rebellion, Battle of the Sakarya, Great Offensive)
Awards
Turkish Medal of Independence
Hacı Topal Osman[a] Ağa (1883 – 2 April 1923) also known as Osman the Lame, was a Turkish officer, a militia leader of the National Forces, a volunteer regiment commander of the Turkish army during the Turkish War of Independence who eventually rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel, and was a perpetrator of the Armenian and Pontic genocides.[1][2][3][4]
He was the commander of Mustafa Kemal's special Bodyguard Regiment. He showed usefulness in the War of Independence, but in 1923, when it was decided that he was the instigator of Trabzon Deputy Ali Şükrü Bey's murder, he was detained. He was captured and injured during clashes with military police, but he was killed by İsmail Hakkı Tekçe.[5] He took part in the Greek genocide and the Armenian genocide which killed more than 2 million Greeks and Armenians.
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^"Ağa, Topal Osman". Violence de masse et Résistance (in French). Sciences Po. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2021. He participated in the massacres of Armenians...
^Akçam, Tener (2007). A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility. Picador. p. 342. ISBN 9781466832121. Topal Osman was sought for his role in the Armenian genocide in the Trabzon area. Not only had he been a central figure in the deportation and massacres, but he had greatly enriched himself as a result.
^Shirinian, George (2017). "Background to the Late Ottoman Genocides". Genocide in the Ottoman Empire: Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks, 1913-1923. Berghahn Books. p. 55. ISBN 9781785334337. ...deadly bands of çetes (organized brigands), especially those led by Topal Osman, had been engaged in continuous shooting, plundering, and raping of the defenseless Greek villagers in the Pontus region. With Kemal's support, they stepped up their campaign with the objective of clearing the Greeks from the region by massacring the Greek population in cities such as Trebizond, Amasya, Pafra, Merzifon, and many others.
^Mango, Andrew (2002). Ataturk: The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey. Overlook Press. ISBN 9781590209240. ...Lame Osman, a sadistic ethnic cleanser of Armenians and Greeks...
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