Sıtkı Üke
Appearance
Sıtkı Üke | |
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Born | 1876 Salonica (Thessaloniki), Ottoman Empire |
Died | 1941 (aged 64–65) Istanbul, Turkey |
Buried | |
Allegiance | Ottoman Empire Turkey |
Years of service | Ottoman Empire: 1899-1918 Turkey: January 11, 1921-May 4, 1935 |
Rank | General |
Commands | 76th Regiment, Şile Depot Battalions, 127th Regiment of the 47th Division, 2nd Regiment of the 8th Division, 5th Division (deputy) Infantry Brigade of the 24th Division, Infantry Brigade of the 11th Division, Infantry Brigade of the 8th Division, 9th Division, Cebelibereket Area Command, Adana Area Command, 4th Division, 2nd Division, 8th Division |
Battles / wars | |
Other work | Member of the GNAT (Tokat) |
Sıtkı Üke (1876; Salonica (Thessaloniki) – 1941; Istanbul) was a Turkish career officer and politician. He was a major general of the Ottoman Army and the first head general of the Turkish Army. Sıtkı grew up in the same town as Atatürk, the founder of modern-day Turkey, who referred to Sıtkı as "big brother" and conferred on him the surname Üke, or "honor", during the establishment of the modern Turkish state.
See also
[edit]Sources
[edit]- ^ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 100. (in Turkish)
External links
[edit]Media related to Sıtkı Üke at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- 1876 births
- 1941 deaths
- Politicians from Thessaloniki
- Macedonian Turks
- Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians
- Deputies of Tokat
- Ottoman Army officers
- Turkish Army generals
- Ottoman military personnel of the Italo-Turkish War
- Ottoman military personnel of World War I
- Ottoman prisoners of war
- World War I prisoners of war held by the United Kingdom
- Turkish military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
- Ottoman Imperial School of Military Engineering alumni
- Recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon (Turkey)
- Burials at Turkish State Cemetery
- Military personnel from Thessaloniki