Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Otto Liman von Sanders" in English language version.
Liman van Sanders, the German general in charge of the military security of that zone, threatened the Ittihadist governor of the province with the use of military force to block the deportation of the rest of that city's Armenian population after one contingent was already deported; as the German Foreign Office in Berlin supported the stance of the German general, the Turkish governor felt constrained to oblige
He is known to have sanctioned Turkish atrocities, including massacres of Greeks and Armenians.
Field Marshal Otto Liman von Sanders, who directed operations against the British in Gallipoli during the World War, died on Thursday in Munich at the age of 74. ...
Liman van Sanders, the German general in charge of the military security of that zone, threatened the Ittihadist governor of the province with the use of military force to block the deportation of the rest of that city's Armenian population after one contingent was already deported; as the German Foreign Office in Berlin supported the stance of the German general, the Turkish governor felt constrained to oblige