All these shall be given to the preparatory commission.Ottoman ArmyOffice of the Commander-in-Chief11838Code sent from Kars to the Ministry of Defense1. Armenian units have come down to the environs of Vedi and Sadarak villages, located in the immediate neighborhood of the railway on the east of Erivan, and massacred the Muslims. Ali’s son Demir Bey, and Fethi Bey’s son Bedri Bey, the notable p...

Alaca100To: 3rd Army CommandUpon Corps Headquarters’s arrival in Alaca, I found 278 martyrs who were gathered in two rooms, 42 heavily wounded Muslims, other than the 48 people who managed to get away from the hands of the Armenians. Among the 278 martyrs there were raped young girls whose lungs were hung on the walls, pregnant women whose wombs were ripped, children and men whose brains were drained...

3rd Army Command From Army HeadquartersStaff Office January 21, 19181st Division 1st SectionNumberCode532To: The Office of Commander-in-Chief The 2nd Army Command1. The following are the summaries of the testimonies of the three people who were sent to Erzincan from Kemah a week ago: The Headquarters of the 1st Caucasian Corps 4th Turkestan Division have departed to Erzurum from Erzincan on January 1...

DecipherRefahiye564/100To: 3rd Army Command1. Three orderly soldiers and two irregulars of different units, who had fallen captive during the battles that took place on various dates, have taken refuge in the forward stations of the 36th Division positioned in Hanzori via Mezekler Creek. They left Erzincan on January 18, 1918 and took the mountain paths to cross over this side.2. Their testimonies, taken b...

From: Ministry of DefenseDecoding357220To: 3rd Army CommandIn attachment to the code dated January 18, 1918 and numbered 369.Attached is the copy of the telegram to İzzet Pasha in Brest-Litowskby His Excellencies Vice Commander-in-Chief.January 19, 1918General Headquarters Director of the 1st DivisionLt.Col.FeldmanCopyTo: İzzet Pasha in Brest-LitowskI request your bringing the following issue to agenda.1...

Courting the TurksRecently, the Americans have suddenly started showing an alarming tactfulness towards the Turks. American Ambassador, İlkös [Elkeus (?)] in Istanbul in his elaborate speech has asserted that they had no intentions other than helping the Turks with their own delegations, schools and with other institutions, and that they were full with the desire for serving the Turks more than their own c...