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Hayrullah Fişek
Mirliva Hayrullah Pasha (11 November 1932)
Turkish Army
Undersecretary for the Ministry of National Defence
Personal details
Born3 June 1885
Kalkandelen, Ottoman Empire
(currently Tetovo, North Macedonia)
Died13 July 1975 (aged 90)
Ankara, Turkey
Nationality Ottoman, Turkish
Awards Turkish Medal of Independence
Order of the Medjidie
Military service
Allegiance Ottoman Empire, Turkey
Rank Major general
Battles/wars First Balkan War
Second Balkan War
World War I
Caucasus Campaign
Battle of Sakarya

General Hayrullah Fişek (1885–1975) was a career officer in the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army (Captain, Ottoman War Academy, 1904 - rtd. 1945, Major-General ( Mirliva) [1] Undersecretary for the Ministry of National Defence).

Life

Hayrullah Fişek, born to an ethnic Albanian family in Kalkandelen (now Tetovo, North Macedonia), was a senior officer in the Ottoman Army. Hayrullah was given the name Fişek, meaning cartridge in Turkish. Hayrullah Fişek was a direct descendant of Süleyman Aga "Fişekçi" (born around 1775 in Kalkandelen), the founder of the Fişek family of Albanian descent.

His parents were Hafiz Süleyman Efendi (1849 Kalkandelen – 1894 Balıkesir), a Land Registry Officer and Fatma Hanko (1847 Kalkandelen –1930 Istanbul), Sheikh Mustafa Ruhi Efendi's daughter. [2] He was of Albanian descent.

Military career

He entered the Ottoman Military College in 1901. He completed the Military Academy as the seventh of the class in 1904 (1320- P.7) and joined the Ottoman military as an Infantry Second Lieutenant (Mülazım-ı Sani). In 1906, he entered the Staff College and he graduated as a Distinguished Captain (Mümtaz Yüzbaşı). [3]

During the Turkish Independence War, he participated in the Battle of Sakarya as the chief of staff of the Provisional Corps (Mürettep Kolordu) [4] and he served as the chief of staff of XIV Corps, Kocaeli Group, III Corps with the rank of staff lieutenant colonel. [5] He also participated in battle at Balıkesir, Soma and Bandırma. He retired in 1946. [6]

Family

He had one sister named Hatice (1873–1902) and 3 brothers : Abdülhâmit Bey (1866–1917), a Finance officer, Nuri Bey (1878–1945), and Zekeriya Bey (1880–1932), both officers of the Turkish Army.

Hayrullah married Mukaddes Fişek (1891–1958) and they had two sons: Nusret Fişek M.D. (1914–1990), Undersecretary, Ministry of Health and Hicri Fişek (1918–2002), Professor of International Law.

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References

  1. ^ Mahmut Goloğlu, Cumhuriyete doğru, 1921-1922, Başnur Matbaası, p. 307. (in Turkish)
  2. ^ Nathalie Clayer (January 2007). Aux origines du nationalisme albanais: la naissance d'une nation (in French). ISBN  9782845868168. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
  3. ^ Harp Akademileri Komutanlığı, Harp Akademilerinin 120 Yılı, İstanbul, 1968, p. 37. (in Turkish)
  4. ^ Sabahattin Özel, Kocaeli ve Sakarya İllerinde Millî Mücadele (1919-1922), Adapazarı Belediyesi, 1987, p. 165. (in Turkish)
  5. ^ "Kocatepe Zafer Yürüyüşü-Afyonkarahisar Kocatepe Üniversitesi". Archived from the original on May 26, 2007. Retrieved October 10, 2009.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link), Afyon Kocatepe University
  6. ^ Nusret Baycan, "Türk İstiklâl Harbinde Terfi veya Takdirname ile Taltif Edilen Subaylar", (Gnkur. ATASE Başkanlığı Arşivi, Dosya No. 2, 1320-P.3 : 1325-P.1587) p. 25. Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Fisek Family Web Site

External links

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