Turkey: Ismail Enver Pasha (1881 Ð 1922), commonly known as Enver Pasha, was an Ottoman military officer and a leader of the 1908 'Young Turk' Revolution

Ismail Enver Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: _______ ____ ____; Turkish: _smail Enver Pa_a; 22 November 1881 Ð 4 August 1922), commonly known as Enver Pasha, was an Ottoman military officer and a leader of the 1908 Young Turk Revolution. He was the main leader of the Ottoman Empire in both Balkan Wars and World War I. After the 1913 Ottoman coup d'Žtat, Enver Pasha became the Minister of War of the Ottoman Empire, forming one-third of the triumvirate known as the 'Three Pashas' (along with Talaat Pasha and Djemal Pasha) that held de facto rule over the Empire from 1913 until the end of World War I in 1918. As war minister and de facto Commander-in-Chief, Enver Pasha was considered to be the most powerful figure of the government of the Ottoman Empire. He made the decision to enter the Empire into World War I, on the side of Germany. Along with Talaat and Djemal, he was one of the principal perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide. (Photo by: Pictures From History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)