Kara Kemal
Kara Kemal | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Supply | |
| In office 17 August 1918 – 8 October 1918 | |
| Monarch | Mehmed VI |
| Prime Minister | Talaat Pasha |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Celâl Muhtar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ahmed Kemal 1875 |
| Died | 27 July 1926 (aged 50–51) |
| Party | Committee of Union and Progress |
Kara Kemal Bey (1875 – 27 July 1926) was a Turkish–Ottoman activist, CUP party boss, and capitalist. He was a prominent figure in the Committee of Union and Progress and key ally of Talât Pasha. In World War I, using confiscated Armenian property, he helped to establish a bourgeoisie of Muslims at a time when Christians and Westerners conducted most economic activity in the Ottoman Empire. After the signing of the Armistice of Mudros, he became one of the founders of the Karakol Society, which smuggled weapons, ammunition, and officers in the Turkish War of Independence. After the war, he was leader of a rump CUP independent of Mustafa Kemal Pasha's movement. In 1926, he was accused of attempting to assassinate President Mustafa Kemal Pasha and sentenced to death.