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Rahmi Arslan
Ottoman revolutionary
Mustafa Rahmi Arslan (1874 –1947) was a Turkish politician, who was a prominent member of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP).[1][2][3].
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During the Late Ottoman genocides, Rahmi Bey went to significant lengths to protect the Christian and European populations of Smyrna from deportation, exile and murder; often defying direct orders from the Ottoman Government in Istanbul. [4]