Ottoman general and War Minister of the Ottoman Empire

Cevat Çobanlı (14 September 1870 or 1871 – 13 March 1938) 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.

Contents

• 1 Biography
  • 1.1 Family and education
  • 1.2 Balkan Wars
  • 1.3 World War I
  • 1.4 Malta exile
• 2 Republican era
• 3 Medals and Decorations
• 4 Sources
• 5 See also

Biography

Family and education

Cevat Pasha and Mustafa Kemal Bey on the daily Tasvîr-i Efkâr dated 29 October 1915.

Cevat was born on 14 September 1870 or in 1871 in Sultanahmet (Istanbul, Ottoman Empire) to mother Emine Hanım and father Müşir Şakir Pasha.

After graduating from Galatasaray High School, he entered Harbiye Mektibi (Mekteb-i Fünûn-u Harbiyye-i Şâhâne) in 1888. He completed the military school as the fourth of the cl* on 1891 and joined the Ottoman military as an Infantry Second Lieutenant (Mülâzım-ı Sani). And he continued to study in the War Academy (Staff College, Mekteb-i Erkân-ı Harbiye-i Şâhâne), present day: Harp Akademisi) and in 1892, he was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant (Mülâzım-ı Evvel). In 1894, he graduated from Academy as a Staff Captain (Erkân-ı Harp Yüzbaşısı) and started to serve for the General Staff of Palace (Maiyet-i Seniyye Erkân-ı Harbiyesi) as an aide-de-camp of Sultan.

Balkan Wars

World War I

He was appointed Commander of the Çanakkale Fortified Area on November 29, 1914.He is considered a hero for causing casualties to the allies during the Dardanelles campaign.

Malta exile

He was one of the Malta exiles.

Republican era

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

Medals and Decorations

• Order of the Medjidieh 1st Cl* with Sword
• Gold Medal of Liyakat
• Gold Medal of Imtiyaz
• Bulgaria Order of Military Merit (Bulgaria)
• Bulgaria Order of St Alexander 2nd Cl*
• Spain Order of Isabella the Catholic 2nd Cl*
• Prussia Order of the Crown (Prussia) 2nd Cl*
• Prussia Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Cl*
• Prussia Order of the Red Eagle
• Bavaria Military Merit Order (Bavaria) 2nd Cl* with Sword
• Bavaria Merit Order of the Bavarian Crown 1st Cl* with Sword
• Austria-Hungary Military Merit Medal (Austria-Hungary) 2nd Cl*
• Austria-Hungary Red Cross 1st Cl*
• Austria-Hungary Order of the Iron Crown (Austria) 1st Cl*
• Austria-Hungary Order of the Iron Crown 2nd Cl* Military
• Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon & Citation

Sources

See also

• List of high-ranking commanders of the Turkish War of Independence
• Media related to Cevat Çobanlı at Wikimedia Commons