Kölemen Abdullah Pasha

For other people named Abdullah Pasha, see Abdullah Pasha (disambiguation).

Abdullah Kölemen
Kölemen Abdullah Pasha, 1912
Born	1846 Selanik, Ottoman Empire
Died	1937 (aged 91) İzmir, Turkey
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire
Service / branch	Ottoman Army
Years of service	1881–1913
Rank	General
Commands	4th Army Anatolia Garp Army The Eastern Army in Eastern Thrace
Battles / wars	Greco-Turkish War First Balkan War
Awards	Imtiyaz Medal
Other work	Minister of Defence of the Ottoman Empire

Abdullah Pasha or Abdullah Kölemen (1846–1937) was an Ottoman general in the First Balkan War, notable as the Ottoman commander in the Battle of Kirk Kilisse in 1912, the Battle of Lule Burgas, and the Battle of Adrianople (1913) in which the Ottoman forces were defeated by the Bulgarians.

He was the Minister of War (Turkish: Harbiye Nazırı) of the Ottoman Empire for 38 days between 11 November and 19 December 1918 in the cabinet of Ahmed Tevfik Pasha. He later resigned from the cabinet and joined the Turkish War of Independence where he fought against the Greeks in Smyrna. He died in 1937 in İzmir.

External links

• "National Scapegoat" - The Montreal Gazette
• "Commander's Plight" - The Montreal Gazette
• "The War in Egypt" - Nelson Evening Mail