Kara Kemal

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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.