Rüştü Pasha

Rüştü Pasha
1309-Top (Artillery) 8[1]
Born1872
Erzurum, Ottoman Empire
DiedJuly 13, 1926(1926-07-13) (aged 54)
İzmir, Turkey
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
 Turkey
Years of serviceOttoman Empire: 1893–1919
Turkey: 1919 – July 13, 1926
RankMirliva
Commands9th Caucasian Division
3rd Caucasian Division, 9th Caucasian, IX Corps (deputy)
Battles / warsBalkan Wars
World War I
Turkish War of Independence
Other workMember of the GNAT (Erzurum)

Rüştü Pasha or Rushdi Pasha (Turkish: Rüştü Paşa, 1872 – July 13, 1926) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. He became a leader of the Progressive Republican Party, being a member of its Central Administrative Committee.[2] He was hanged for his involvement in the İzmir assassination attempt against Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk) in 1926.

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Sources

  1. ^ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 29. (in Turkish)
  2. ^ Ahmad, Feroz (1991). Heper, Metin; Landau, Jacob M. (eds.). Political Parties and Democracy in Turkey. I.B. Tauris. p. 73. ISBN 1-85043300-3.

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