Talaat PashaThe first English language biography of the de facto ruler of the late Ottoman Empire and architect of the Armenian Genocide, Talaat Pasha (1874 1921), led the triumvirate that ruled the late Ottoman Empire during World War I and is arguably the father of modern Turkey. He was also the architect of the Armenian Genocide, which resulted in the systematic extermination of more than a million people, setting the stage for a century that would witness