His good friend , Turkish nationalist poet Emin Yurdakul , the authoress Halide Edip , and the U.S. ambassador Henry Morgenthau intervened with the government and , by special orders from Talat Pasha , Komitas was sent back to the capital . His good friend , Turkish nationalist poet Mehmet Emin Yurdakul , the authoress Halide Edip , and the U.S. ambassador Henry Morgenthau intervened with the government and , by special orders from Talat Pasha , Komitas was dispatched back to the capital alongside eight other Armenians who had been deported .