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that the politicians had no other choice but to comply with the fait accompli. These military personnel, according to Tahsin himself, were under orders of the central government, and directly involved in the "cleansing" of the
Armenians around Erzurum. Meanwhile, in a coded telegram he sent to the central government on 24 May 1915, Tahsin stated that the Armenians were not a threat. He then attempted to spare women, children, and the elderly from deportation, but failed; the army commandment systematically deported all Armenians. Tahsin had to comply with the deportation orders, albeit reluctantly, so as to prevent harsher measures from occurring. Tahsin reportedly told
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Mahsusa had turned into a major power and they’d become involved in the war. The Army knew about it. Then there was another
Teskilat-ı Mahsusa, and that one had Bahaeddin Sakir’s signature on it. In other words, he was sending telegrams around as the head of the Teskilat-ı Mahsusa...Bahaeddin Sakir had a code. He’d communicate with the Sublime Porte and with the Ministry of the Interior with it. During the deportation he communicated with the Army as well. Bahaeddin Sakir had two different codes with which to communicate with both the Sublime Porte and the Ministry of War."
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who displayed a degree of reluctance to apply the deportation orders because they were perfectly conscious of what these implied for the people involved." Kévorkian adds that Tahsin's reaction to the deportations demonstrates that the military authorities were enforcing the deportation orders, and
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Armenians I was in Erzurum ... The caravans which were subject to attacks and killings resulted from the actions of those who'd assembled under the name "Tes-ı Mahsusa." The Teskilat-ı Mahsusa was composed of two units. When I came back from Erzurum, the Teskilat-ı
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