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BEDRI BEY, PREFECT OF POLICE AT CONSTANTINOPLE |
DJAVID BEY, MINISTER OF FINANCE IN TURKISH CABINET | |
A leader of the Young Turks, and an intimate friend of Talaat. Mr. Morgenthau's attempts to protect the English and French became a contest between Bedri and himself, who accepted the German view that foreigners should not be treated with "too great leniency" |
A Jew by race but a Mohammedan by religion; an influential member of the Young Turk party. He was Pro-Ally in his sympathies, and resigned when Turkey entered the war on Germany's side, though afterward he resumed office. |