Person

Bahaeddin Sakir

Doctor and member of the Committee of Union and Progress; the Holocaust Memorial Museum names him field director of the Special Organization.

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Special Organization named by the indictment as one of its officials Scholarship & press 1 2
The 1919 indictment names him with Nazim, Atif and Riza; it also says he was based at Erzurum and commanded its forces in the eastern provinces.

Deportations and killings of Ottoman Armenians, 1915 to 1916 field director of the Special Organization, per the museum; named in the 1919 indictment Scholarship & press 1 2

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Indictment of the Turkish Military Tribunal, 1919 (excerpts translated by Vahakn N. Dadrian), Armenian National Institute, 1919. Scholarship & press
the officials of the Special Organization were Central Committee members Messrs. Dr. Behaeddin Sakir, Dr. Nazim, Atif and Riza
Mr. Behaeddin Sakir, headquartered at Erzurum, took charge of the command of the forces operating in the eastern provinces
The Armenian Genocide (1915-16): In Depth, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Holocaust Encyclopedia. Scholarship & press
At the center of the operation were: Talât Pasa (minister of interior), Ismail Enver Pasa (minister of war), Baheddin Sakir (field director for the Special Organization), and Mehmed Nâzim (leader of demographic planning).

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