Special Organization (Ottoman Empire)

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Armenian Genocide
Background
Armenians in the Ottoman Empire · Armenian Question · Hamidian Massacres · Zeitun Resistance (1895) · 1896 Ottoman Bank Takeover · Yıldız Attempt · Adana Massacre · Young Turk Revolution
The Genocide
Armenian notables deported from the Ottoman capital · Tehcir Law · Armenian casualties of deportations · Ottoman Armenian casualties  · Labour battalion
Major extermination centers: Bitlis · Deir ez-Zor · Diyarbakır · Erzurum · Kharput · Muş · Sivas · Trabzon
Resistance: Zeitun  · Van · Musa Dagh · Urfa · Shabin-Karahisar  · Armenian militia  · Operation Nemesis
Foreign aid and relief: American Committee for Relief in the Near East · National Armenian Relief Committee
Responsible parties
Young Turks: Talat · Enver · Djemal · Behaeddin Shakir · Committee of Union and Progress · Teskilati Mahsusa · The Special Organization · Ottoman Army · Kurdish Irregulars · Reşit Bey · Cevdet Bey · Topal Osman
Trials
Courts-Martial  · Malta Tribunals  · Trial of Soghomon Tehlirian
Aftermath
Partitioning of the Ottoman Empire · Denial of the Genocide · Post-Genocide timeline
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For other uses of "Special Organization" under Ottoman Empire see Special Organization

"Special Organization" was the name given to a three member executive committee of "Ministry of the Interior" established by the Committee of Union and Progress of the Ottoman Empire. Special Organization, which speculated that had a specific mission set beyond the conditions of World War I, planned/created immediately after the mobilization of July 21, 1914 with the co-operation of the "ministry for the Interior" and "ministry for the Justice". It has been speculated that the executive committee was in Constantinople and was formed by Doctor Nazim, Behaeddin Sakir, Atif Riza, and former Director of Public Security Aziz Bey which (all/or some) can be part of this organization. In proving that this executive committee was working under the orders of Committee of Union and Progress, it was proposed that Midhat Sükrü was the connection.

Contents 1 Organizational structure 2 Other Uses 3 Notes 4 See also

[edit] Organizational structure

From documentary perspective; its establishment or dismantling time, or even its existence is in question. Its full set of functions are unknown. The financial burden of this organization has not been established. There is no official document which can be validated from other sources, or linked to other official documents to prove its existence.

[edit] Other Uses

The term was mainly used for "three member executive committee" established by the Committee of Union and Progress under "Ministry of the Interior" which links this organization to Talat Pasha. Some sources uses the term "Special Organization" has for another Ottoman Empire organization Teskilati Mahsusa (Ottoman: Teşkilat-i Mahsusa) Teskilati Mahsusa was an Ottoman imperial government organization established under "War Department", which dealt with both Arab separatism and Western imperialism. ^[1] Teşkilat-i Mahsusa was linked to War Minister Enver Pasha. One of the jobs the organization did was to organize Arabs in Libya to start a resistance movement against Italian occupation of Libya.

[edit] Notes

[edit] See also

• Committee of Union and Progress
• Armenian Genocide
• Ottoman Empire