Hasan Tahsin
Hasan Tahsin | |
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Osman Nevres | |
Born | Osman Nevres 1888 |
Died | 15 May 1919 İzmir, Ottoman Empire |
Nationality | Ottoman |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, member of the Ottoman Special Organization |
Organization | Special Organization |
Known for | Opening of fire on the Greek soldiers that landed at Smyrna |
Political party | Union and Progress Party |
Hasan Tahsin was the code name of Osman Nevres (1888 – 15 May 1919), a Turkish nationalist,[1][2] patriot, and journalist of Dönmeh descent. [3][4][5][6]
Hailed as a Turkish war hero, his name has been given by the Turkish Armed Forces to the Information Center of the Turkish General Staff (Genelkurmay İletişim Başkanlığı'nın Hasan Tahsin Bilgi Merkezi). A member of the Ottoman Special Organization, he unsuccessfully tried to assassinate Noel and Charles Roden Buxton in Romania during World War I.[7] He was sentenced to five years imprisonment for the attempt but released when German forces overran Romania.[8]: 75
He opened fire on the Greek soldiers who landed at Smyrna (present day İzmir) on 15 May 1919[9] in the opening act of the Greek occupation of more than three years that extended over a large part of western Anatolia, as well as of the Greco-Turkish War. He was killed on the spot on 15 May 1919 after killing the Greek standard-bearer. At the time of his death he had been publishing and writing for the newspaper Hukuk-u Beşer (Ottoman Turkish for Human Rights).[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Bozkurt Güvenç, Türk Kimliği, Kültür Bakanlığı, 1993, pg. 32. (in Turkish)
- ^ Yaşar Aksoy, Hasan Tahsin’in Anlamı Archived 9 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Haberhüriyeti
- ^ Arda Sualp - M. Ali Eren, "Cumhuriyet hanedanları" Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Aksiyon, Sayı: 51 / Tarih : 25 November 1995.(in Turkish)
- ^ Ilgaz Zorlu, Evet, ben Selânikliyim: Türkiye Sabetaycılığı, Belge Yayınları, 1999, p. 95. (in Turkish)
- ^ Abdurrahman Küçük, Dönmeler ve Dönmelik Tarihi, Ünal Matbaası, 1979, pg. 237. (in Turkish)
- ^ Orhan Türkdoğan, Osmanlı'dan Günümüze Türk Toplum Yapısı, Çamlıca Yayınları, 2002, pg. 166. (in Turkish)
- ^ "Teşkilat-ı Mahsusa üyesi Hasan Tahsin", Hürriyet, 17 Mayıs 2009 (in Turkish)
- ^ Noel-Buxton, Noel Noel-Buxton Baron; Leese, Charles Leonard (1919). Balkan Problems and European Peace. G. Allen & Unwin. p. 75.
- ^ Yaşar Aksoy, Jülide Tunaseli, Love for 70 years: Izmir Fair, Metropolitan Municipality of Izmir, 2001, pg. 1.
- ^ ".:: Hasan Tahsin'in Anlamı ::". Archived from the original on 26 November 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
- Report of the Inter-Allied Commission of Inquiry (May-September 1919) by the Members of the Commission; Adm. Bristol, the US Delegate - Gen. Hare, the British Delegate - Gen. Bunoust, the French Delegate - Gen. Dall'Olio, the Italian Delegate. The statements in defense of the Greek government presented by Col. Mazarakis.