Mehmed Talaat (Ottoman Turkish: محمد طلعت, Mehmed Talât; 1 September 1874 – 15 March 1921), commonly known as Talaat Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: طلعت پاشا; Turkish: Talât Paşa), was one of the triumvirate known as the Three Pashas that de facto ruled the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. He was one of the leaders of the Young Turks and ruled the empire during the Armenian Genocide, which he initiated as Minister of Interior Affairs in 1915.
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1874 Kırcaali (Edirne)
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15 March 1921 (aged 46) Berlin, Germany
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