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Cevat Çobanlı

Cevat Çobanlı (14 September 1870[2] or 1871 – 13 March 1938[1]) was a military commander of the Ottoman Army, War Minister (Harbiye Nazırı) of the Ottoman Empire and a general of the Turkish Army who was notable for causing major Naval losses to the Allies during their Dardanelles campaign in World War I.

Cevat Çobanlı
1307 (1891)-P. 4[1]

18 Mart Kahramanı
(Hero of 18 March)

(1870-09-14)14 September 1870
Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire

13 March 1938(1938-03-13) (aged 67)
Istanbul, Turkey

Erenköy Mezarlığı

 Ottoman Empire
 Turkey

 Ottoman Army
 Turkish Land Forces

Ottoman Empire: 1891–1920
Turkey: 15 January 1922 – 14 September 1935

General

Dardanelles Fortified Area Command, XIV Corps, XV Corps, XIV Corps, VIII Corps, Second Army (deputy), Eighth Army, War Minister, Chief of the General Staff, El-Cezire Front, Third Army, member of the Supreme Military Council

Italo-Turkish War
Balkan Wars
First World War
War of Independence

Republic Period[edit]

He was elected to the parliament in 1923 from Elazığ while he was still part of the military. He represented Turkey during the 1925 international negotiations regarding Mosul. He eventually retired in 1934 due to age limit.

Later life[edit]

After his retirement, he lived in his mansion at Göztepe. He died on March 13, 1938. He was laid to rest in Sahrayı Cedit Cemetery. in 1988, he was moved to the Ankara State Cemetery.


Author Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı and the painters Aliye Berger and Fahrelnissa Zeid were his nephew and nieces.

1st Class with Sword

Order of the Medjidieh

Gold

Medal of Liyakat

Gold

Medal of Imtiyaz

Bulgaria

Order of Military Merit (Bulgaria)

Bulgaria 2nd Class

Order of St Alexander

Spain 2nd Class

Order of Isabella the Catholic

Prussia 2nd Class

Order of the Crown (Prussia)

Prussia 1st and 2nd Class

Iron Cross

Prussia

Order of the Red Eagle

Bavaria 2nd Class with Sword

Military Merit Order (Bavaria)

Bavaria 1st Class with Sword

Merit Order of the Bavarian Crown

Austria-Hungary 2nd Class

Military Merit Medal (Austria-Hungary)

Austria-Hungary Red Cross 1st Class

Austria-Hungary 1st Class

Order of the Iron Crown (Austria)

Austria-Hungary Order of the Iron Crown 2nd Class Military

with Red Ribbon & Citation

Medal of Independence

List of high-ranking commanders of the Turkish War of Independence

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