Halil Pasha had a major role in the Armenian Genocide . He took part in the civilian killings during the Siege of Van and was also the uncle of Enver Pasha , one of the Three Pashas who had organized the genocide . Kut had conducted " the massacre " of Armenian battalions as stated by the German Vice-consul of Erzurum and later testified by a soldier who had been under his command by saying , " Halil had the entire Armenian population ( men , women and children ) in the areas of Bitlis , Mus , and Beyazit also massacred without pity . My company received a similar order . Many of the victims were buried alive in especially prepared ditches . " Others , such as German vice-consul of Erzurum Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter , reported that " Halil Bey 's campaign in northern Persia included the massacre of his Armenian and Syrian battalions and the expulsion of the Armenian , Syrian , and Persian population out of Persia ... " In his memoirs , he would proudly admit to his role in the genocide and his intention to kill every Armenian in the world . Halil had also tried to justify the genocide and accused the Armenians of being a threat to the Ottoman Empire . His exact words ( literally translated ) are : He was jailed by the British Occupying Forces in Constantinople , but escaped and fled to Moscow . In accordance with the terms of the Treaty of Moscow ( 1921 ) signed between the Ankara Government and the Soviet leadership , he carried the gold bullion sent by Lenin to Ankara , to pay for Turkey 's return of Batumi to the Soviets . Since he was not permitted to stay in Turkey at the time , he first moved back to Moscow and then to Berlin
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Halil Kut