TALAAT PASHA

d. (1921), a grand vizier of the Turkish Empire. At the time of the uprising of the Young Turk Party, in 1908, he was an officer in the ~ army and as such had been active in the secret organization of the revolutionary party. After the overthrow of the Abdul Hamid Government he was one of the - leaders of the Committee of Progre , and when the World War broke out was Grand Vizier. It was largely his influence which caused Turkey to plunge into the struggle on the side of Germany. When the final defeat came he fled from Constantinople, and later appeared in Berlin, Germany, where he was a a inated by an Armenian student. _ After his death his Memoirs were pub_ lished, in which he frankly admitted _ his connection with the ma acre of the Armenian population, also outlining the relations with Germany during the months preceding the war.