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{{Armenian Genocide}}
'''Turkish Courts-Martial of 1919-1920''' were [[courts-martial]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] after the [[armistice of Mudros]] during the  [[Aftermath of World War I|aftermath]] the [[World War One]], which the leadership of the [[Committee of Union and Progress]] and selected former officials were court-martialled with/including the charges of [[Subversion (politics)|subversion]] of the constitution, wartime [[profiteering]], and the massacres of both [[Po(contracted; show full)rocess of these trials in a positive light<ref>Yılmaz Altug, trans., The Turkish Code of Criminal Procedure (London: Sweet and Maxwell, 1962), art. 232.</ref>. The decision was taken by [[evidence]] submitted during the preparatory phase, the trial, and how the defender present his defense. During the trials, none of the presented [[evidence]] was verified. The validity of the evidences presented, such as letters and orders have been in study. Some of them had proven to be [[forgery|forgeries]]
{{citation needed}}. In some cases 
[[Hearsay in English Law|hearsay]] was an issue as direct evidence has never been presented (one direct evidence regarding [[Talat Pasha]] was claimed to be a forgery (the signature, the code/number of the document, and the missing stamp). During the trials, testimonies were not subjected to [[cross-examination]], or some of the materials were presented as "[[anonymous]] court material" (i.e., not sponsored by a witness, who has sworn or solemnly affirmed to tell the truth) <re(contracted; show full)rom September 27 to the end of October 1919, the issue of retribution against those responsible was on the agenda. A task force, led by [[Shahan Natalie]], working with [[Grigor Merjanov]], was established to assassinate [[Talaat Pasha]], [[Pipit Jivanshir Khan]], [[Said Halim Pasha]], [[Behaeddin Shakir|Behaeddin Shakir Bey]], [[Jemal Azmi]], [[Cemal Pasha]], [[Enver Pasha]], as well as several Armenian traitors.

==See also==
*[[Armenian Genocide]]

==References==
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[[Category:Ottoman Empire]]