Mehmet Celal Bey was an Ottoman statesman and a key witness to the Armenian Genocide, today, he is often called the Turkish who, he was a German industrialist, spy, and member of the Nazi Party, who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust?
Mehmet Celal Bey Mehmet Celal Bey (Ottoman Turkish: محمد جلال بك‎ ‎; 1863 – 15 February 1926) was an Ottoman statesman and a key witness to the Armenian Genocide. During his career as a politician, Celal Bey served as governor of the Ottoman provinces associated with the cities Erzurum, Aleppo, Aydın, Edirne, Konya, and Adana. He also served as minister of the interior and minister of agriculture as well as mayor of Istanbul. Celal Bey is known for having saved many lives during the Armenian Genocide by defying deportation orders, which were preludes to starvation and massacres. As a result, he was removed from his post as governor in Aleppo and transferred to Konya, where he was again dismissed upon continuing to obstruct deportations. Today, he is often called the Turkish Oskar Schindler.
Mehmed Reshid Mehmed Reshid (Turkish: "Mehmet Reşit Şahingiray" ; 8 February 1873 – 6 February 1919) was a Turkish physician, official of the Committee of Union and Progress, and governor ("vali") 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".