Djevdet Bey

Djevdet Bey or Djevdet Tahir Belbez (1878 – January 15, 1955) was an Ottoman Albanian governor of the Van vilayet of the Ottoman Empire during World War I and the Siege of Van. He is considered responsible for the massacres of Armenians in and around Van. Clarence Ussher, a witness to these events, reported that 55,000 Armenians were subsequently killed. Djevdet is also considered responsible for massacres of Assyrians in the same region.

Not to be confused with the (unrelated) novel Cevdet Bey ve Oğulları by Orhan Pamuk - Note Bey is a title and not a family name.
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