Yusuf Izzet Pasha

In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Yusuf Izzet, the title is Pasha, and there is no family name.
Yusuf Izzet Pasha
1312-Sv. 6[1]
Born1876 (1876)
Yozgat, Ottoman Empire
Died15 April 1922(1922-04-15) (aged 45–46)
Ankara, Turkey
Buried
State Cemetery
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
 Turkey
Years of serviceOttoman Empire: 1896-1921
Turkey: 1921-April 15, 1922
RankMajor general
Commands held2nd Cavalry Division, X Corps, I Caucasian Corps, XIV Corps, Northern Caucasus Command
Reserve Group of the Western Front, 3rd Group
Battles/warsGreco-Turkish War
Italo-Turkish War
Balkan Wars
First World War
War of Independence
Other workMember of the GNAT (Bolu)

Yusuf Izzet Pasha (Adyghe: Юсыф-Изэт Пащэ, romanized: Yusıf-İzət Paşə; 1876 in Yozgat – April 15, 1922, in Ankara) was an Ottoman general of Circassian origin, who served both the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army.

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Sources

  1. ^ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 68. (in Turkish)

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