Talat Pasha
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Talat Pasha was a leading Young Turk statesman of the late Ottoman Empire, best known as one of its last de facto rulers and a principal architect of the Armenian Genocide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Talat Pasha canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8256494 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Talat Pasha Context triple: [Ottoman Interior Ministry, notableMinister, Talat Pasha]
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A.
Sinan Pasha
Sinan Pasha was an influential Ottoman statesman and military commander who served multiple times as grand vizier under Sultan Murad III and led several major campaigns in the late 16th century.
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B.
Hüsrev Pasha
Hüsrev Pasha was an influential Ottoman statesman and military leader who played a key role in early 19th-century imperial politics and reforms.
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C.
Hüseyin Pasha
Hüseyin Pasha was a prominent Ottoman admiral and statesman who held high naval command and played a key role in the empire’s maritime affairs.
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D.
Tiryaki Hasan Pasha
Tiryaki Hasan Pasha was an Ottoman military commander renowned for his strategic defense of Nagykanizsa against Habsburg forces during the Long War.
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E.
Haydar Pasha
Haydar Pasha was an influential Ottoman-era figure after whom Istanbul’s historic Haydarpaşa Railway Station was named.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Talat Pasha Target entity description: Talat Pasha was a leading Young Turk statesman of the late Ottoman Empire, best known as one of its last de facto rulers and a principal architect of the Armenian Genocide.
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A.
Sinan Pasha
Sinan Pasha was an influential Ottoman statesman and military commander who served multiple times as grand vizier under Sultan Murad III and led several major campaigns in the late 16th century.
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B.
Hüsrev Pasha
Hüsrev Pasha was an influential Ottoman statesman and military leader who played a key role in early 19th-century imperial politics and reforms.
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C.
Hüseyin Pasha
Hüseyin Pasha was a prominent Ottoman admiral and statesman who held high naval command and played a key role in the empire’s maritime affairs.
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D.
Tiryaki Hasan Pasha
Tiryaki Hasan Pasha was an Ottoman military commander renowned for his strategic defense of Nagykanizsa against Habsburg forces during the Long War.
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E.
Haydar Pasha
Haydar Pasha was an influential Ottoman-era figure after whom Istanbul’s historic Haydarpaşa Railway Station was named.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ottoman politician
ⓘ
person ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| bodyReinterredIn |
Istanbul
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Monument of Liberty, Istanbul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| citizenship | Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictInvolved | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convictedBy | Ottoman court-martial of 1919 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convictedOf | war crimes ⓘ |
| countryLedDeFacto | Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1874-08-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1921-03-15 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1918-10-08 ⓘ |
| era | late Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Turk ⓘ |
| eventAfterDeath | Operation Nemesis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Talaat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Mehmed Talaat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Mehmed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Pasha ⓘ |
| killedBy | Soghomon Tehlirian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| memberOf | Committee of Union and Progress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Young Turks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership in the Young Turk government
ⓘ
role in the Armenian Genocide ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil servant
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Edirne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Berlin
ⓘ
Weimar Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAffiliation | Committee of Union and Progress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
ⓘ
Minister of the Interior of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| roleInEvent |
leading figure in the Armenian Genocide
ⓘ
organizer of the deportation of Armenians ⓘ principal architect of the Armenian Genocide ⓘ |
| sentence | death sentence in absentia ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | Central Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Hayriye Talat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1917-02-04 ⓘ |
| termAsInteriorMinister | 1913-1917 ⓘ |
| triedInAbsentia | Yes ⓘ |
| yearOfReinterment | 1943 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Talat Pasha Description of subject: Talat Pasha was a leading Young Turk statesman of the late Ottoman Empire, best known as one of its last de facto rulers and a principal architect of the Armenian Genocide.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.