List of members of the Special Organization of the Ottoman Empire
The Special Organization, a secret paramilitary organization tied to the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), the ruling party of the Ottoman Empire, included the following members according to an interview with its former leader by U.S. INR officer Philip H. Stoddard:[1]
| Agent | Activity |
|---|---|
| Enver Pasha | |
| Süleyman Askerî Bey | |
| [2] | |
| Hussein Rauf Bey (Orbay) | |
| Çerkes Ethem | |
| Abdulaziz es Senussi[citation needed] | |
| Dr. | |
| Mehmed Akif Bey (Ersoy) | |
| Cezayirli Emir Ali | |
| Kel Ali Bey (Çetinkaya) | |
| Ali Fethi Bey (Okyar) | |
| Aziz Ali Bey (al-Misri) | |
| Nuri Bey (Killigil) | |
| Ahmed Fuad Bey (Bulca) | |
| Lieutenant Islam Bey | |
| Mustafa Kemal Bey (Atatürk) | Organized militias in the Italo-Turkish War |
| Mehmed Nuri Bey (Conker) | |
| Dr. Refik Bey (Saydam) | |
| Yakub Cemil | |
| Mithat Şükrü Bleda | |
| Dr. Behaeddin Shakir | one of the main perpetrators of the Armenian genocide, assassinated by Aram Yerganian on the 17 April 1922 in Berlin |
| Eyub Sabri Bey (Akgöl) | Agitated among Albanians in the Balkans with acts of subversion committed in Macedonia and Albania |
| Fuad Bey (Balkan) | |
| Lieutenant Hilmi Musallimi | Commander of the Kurdish forces during the 1915 Suez Canal Operation; Said Halim Paşa's secretary |
| Infantry officer | Mustafa Kemal's adjutant during early republican era |
| Filibeli | |
References[]
- ^ Parker, Richard Bordeaux (2001). The October War: A Retrospective. University Press of Florida. p. 126. ISBN 0-8130-1853-6. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
I'm Phil Stoddard, who, at the time, was the deputy director of INR's Near East-South Asia Office.
- ^ The Turkish Lawrence of Arabia
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- Turkish intelligence agencies
- Members of the Special Organization (Ottoman Empire)