Istanbul trials of 1919–1920

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The Constantinople or Istanbul trials of 1919–1920 (Ottoman Turkish: عالیه دیوانِ حربِ عرفی. Âliye Divan-ı Harb-i Örfi) were courts-martial of the Ottoman Empire that occurred soon after the Armistice of Mudros, in the aftermath of World War I, and part of the larger movement to prosecute Ottoman war criminals. The government of Tevfik Pasha decided to prosecute crimes of Ottoman officials, committed primarily against the Armenian population, in national courts. On 23 November 1918, Sultan Mehmed VI created a government commission of inquiry, and Hasan Mazhar Bey was appointed chairman. The formation of a military tribunal investigating the crimes of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) was a continuation of the work of the Mazhar commission, and on 16 December 1918, the Sultan officially established such tribunals. Three military tribunals and ten provincial courts were created. The tribunals came to be known as "Nemrud's court", after Mustafa "Nemrud" Pasha Yamulki. The leadership...

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