Cherkes Ahmet
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| Cherkes Ahmet | |
|---|---|
| Born | Serres, Macedonia |
| Died | September 1915 Damascus, Syria |
| Criminal penalty | Execution |
| Conviction(s) | Murder |
Cherkes Ahmet was the leader of Ottoman Turkey's state-sponsored paramilitary marauders of supposedly Circassian origin during World War I. Cherkes Ahmet was from Serres, Macedonia.[1] He was notoriously responsible for the murder of the well-known Armenian writer, literary critic and politician Krikor Zohrab and politician Vartkes Serengülian during the Armenian Genocide.[1][2] Ahmet, along with fellow murderers Halil and Nazim, were tried and executed in Damascus by Djemal Pasha in September 1915. The assassinations became the subject of a 1916 investigation by the Ottoman Parliament led by Artin Boshgezenian, the deputy for Aleppo.[3]
