Modern era · 1921
Assassination of Talaat Pasha
On 15 March 1921, Armenian student Soghomon Tehlirian killed Talaat Pasha—former grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire and the main architect of the Armenian genocide—in Berlin. At his trial, Tehlirian argued, "I have killed a man, but I am not a murderer"; the jury acquitted him.
- When
- 15 Mar 1921
- Where
- Berlin
- Era
- Modern
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