Mehmed Reshid ( ; 8 February 1873 – 6 February 1919 ) was an Ottoman physician , official of the Committee of Union and Progress , and governor of the Diyarbekir Vilayet ( province ) of the Ottoman Empire during World War I . He is infamous for organizing the wartime destruction of the Armenian , Assyrian , and Greek communities of Diyarbekir . He was known as the " butcher of Diyarbakir "
Armenian
Armenian Genocide
Mehmed Reshid