Mehmed Reshid
(1873-1919)
Ottoman physician and politician
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Mehmed Reshid (Turkish: Mehmet Reşit Şahingiray; 8 February 1873 – 6 February 1919) was an Ottoman physician, official of the Committee of Union and Progress, and governor of the Diyarbekir Vilayet (province) of the Ottoman Empire during World War I. He is infamous for organizing the wartime destruction of the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek communities of Diyarbekir. He was known as the "butcher of Diyarbakir".
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8 February 1873 Russian Empire
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| Died |
6 February 1919 (aged 45) İstanbul, Turkey
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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