Enver Paša citáty

Enver Paša , vlastním jménem İsmail Enver , byl osmanský ministr války a hlavní vojenský vůdce v průběhu první světové války. Patřil k lídrům mladoturecké revoluce v roce 1908. Jako jeden z hlavních představitelů země měl Enver Paša hlavní zodpovědnost za vstup Turecka do balkánských válek a do první světové války. Spolu se svými spoluvládci Talatem a Džamalem je považován za hlavního strůjce arménské genocidy.

V průběhu své kariéry si neustále navyšoval své hodnosti až nakonec na „Enver Paša“; titul paša znamenal v osmanské říši faktického vládce země. Po dalším převratu v roce 1913 se Enver Paša stal tureckým ministrem války a hlavním členem triumvirátu „Tří pašů“ . Tento triumvirát vládl zemi od roku 1913 až do konce první světové války. Jako ministr války a de facto vrchní vojenský velitel ovládal osmanskou armádu . Po začátku první světové války rozhodl o vstupu Turecka po boku Německa.

Po ukončení první světové války musel Enver Paša uprchnout z Turecka, kde byl poté odsouzen v nepřítomnosti k trestu smrti, a krátkou dobu žil v exilu v Německu a v Rusku. Posléze se zúčastnil bojů v ruské občanské válce proti Rudé armádě ve střední Asii. Během této války padl v roce 1922 poblíž Dušanbe, současného hlavního města Tádžikistánu.

Byl nositelem německého vyznamenání Pour le Mérite vojenské třídy. Wikipedia  

✵ 22. listopad 1881 – 4. srpen 1922
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“The threat could be eliminated by removing the Armenians from the places where they lived and sending them to other places.”

Quoted in "A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility" - by Taner Akcam - History - 2007 - Page 143.

“If the Russians retreat, they are done.”

Quoted in "The Armenian Review" - Page 89 - by Hairenik Association - Armenia – 1948.

“You are greatly mistaken. We have this country absolutely under our control. I have no desire to shift the blame onto our underlings and I am entirely willing to accept the responsibility myself for everything that has taken place.”

In reply to US Ambassador Morgenthau who was deploring the massacres against Armenians and attributing them to irresponsible subalterns and underlings in the distant provinces. Quoted in "The burning Tigris: the Armenian genocide and America's response" - Page 374 - by Peter Balakian - History - 2003.

“All who seek to enrich those who do not work should be destroyed.”

Quoted in "Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination" - Page 405 - by Ben Kiernan - Social Science - 2007.

“The Armenians had a fair warning of what would happen to them in case they joined our enemies. Three months ago I sent for the Armenian Patriarch and I told him that if the Armenians attempted to start a revolution or to assist the Russians, I would be unable to prevent mischief from happening to them. My warning produced no effect and the Armenians started a revolution and helped the Russians. You know what happened at Van. They obtained control of the city, used bombs against government buildings, and killed a large number of Moslems. We knew that they were planning uprisings in other places. You must understand that we are now fighting for our lives at the Dardanelles and that we are sacrificing thousands of men. While we are engaged in such a struggle as this, we cannot permit people in our own country to attack us in the back. We have got to prevent this no matter what means we have to resort to. It is absolutely true that I am not opposed to the Armenians as a people. I have the greatest admiration for their intelligence and industry, and I should like nothing better than to see them become a real part of our nation. But if they ally themselves with our enemies, as they did in the Van district, they will have to be destroyed. I have taken pains to see that no injustice is done; only recently I gave orders to have three Armenians who had been deported returned to their homes, when I found that they were innocent. Russia, France, Great Britain, and America are doing the Armenians no kindness by sympathizing with and encouraging them. I know what such encouragement means to a people who are inclined to revolution. When our Union and Progress Party attacked Abdul Hamid, we received all our moral encouragement from the outside world. This encouragement was of great help to us and had much to do with our success. It might similarly now help the Armenians and their revolutionary programme. I am sure that if these outside countries did not encourage them, they would give up all their efforts to oppose the present government and become law-abiding citizens. We now have this country in our absolute control and we can easily revenge ourselves on any revolutionists.”

Quoted in "Immigration and Asylum: From 1900 to the Present" - Page 188 - by Matthew J. Gibney, Randall Hansen - Social Science - 2005.

“We are taking care of our troops today, hence their loyalty. Formerly a rifle was given to a man and he had to shift for himself.”

Quoted in "The Armenian Genocide: News Accounts from the American Press, 1915-1922" - Page 7 - by Richard Diran Kloian - History – 1985.

“The transformation of the Islamic world into one of revolution, as His Majesty has desired, had been in preparation for some time and had now been put into action.”

August 19, 1914. Quoted in "A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility" - by Taner Akcam - History - 2007 - Page 132.

“Human and plague bacteria can't be friends..”

Zdroj: When people asked him about Turco-Armenian friendship