The notebook was handed over to Bardakçı by Talat Pasha's widow Hayriye Talat Bafralı, along with a batch of other documents comprising letters he had sent her and telegrammes exchanged between Committee of Union and Progress members.
Bardakçı received the notebook from Talat Pasha's widow, Hayriye Talat Bafralı, alongside several documents that included letters she had received from him and telegrams shared among members of the Committee of Union and Progress.