İzzettin Çalışlar

İzzettin Çalışlar
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İzzettin Çalışlar during the Turkish War of Independence
Born1882 (1882)
Yanya (Ioannina), Janina Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (modern Greece)
Died20 August 1951(1951-08-20) (aged 68–69)
Istanbul, Turkey
Buried
Edirnekapı Şehitliği
State Cemetery
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
 Turkey
Years of serviceOttoman: 1903–1920
Turkey: 1 July 1920 – 20 December 1939
RankGeneral
CommandsChief of Staff of Edirne Kalesi Command, Chief of Staff of the 19th Division, Chief of Staff of the XVI Corps, Chief of Staff of the Anafartalar Group, Chief of Staff of the Second Army, 4th division of the General headquarters
XX Corps (deputy), 23rd Division, 61st Division, 1st Group, I Corps, Military Governor of the Izmir Province, Third Army, Second Army
Battles / warsBalkan Wars
First World War
Turkish War of Independence
Other workMember of the GNAT (Aydın)
Member of the GNAT (Muğla)
Member of the GNAT (Balıkesir)

İzzettin Çalışlar (1882 in Yanya (Ioannina), Janina Vilayet – 20 August 1951 in Istanbul) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. He is known for his achievements in the Gallipoli campaign of World War I. He later joined the forces of Mustafa Kemal and fought in the Turkish War of Independence. He also served as a politician and was a prominent member of the Kemalist movement.

Works

  • İstiklâl Harbi Hatıraları
  • II nci İnönü Muharebesinde 61 nci Fırka, 1932.
  • 61 nci Fırkanın Gediz ve Kütahya Muharebeleri, 1932.
  • Sakarya Meydan Muharebesinde 1 nci Grup, 1932.
  • Sakarya'dan İzmir'e kadar I inci Kolordu, 1932.
  • İzzettin Çalışlar (ed. İsmet Görgülü), Atatürk'le İkibuçuk Yıl – Orgeneral Çalışlar'ın anıları, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 1993.
  • İzzettin Çalışlar (ed.: İsmet Görgülü), On Yıllık Savaşın Günlüğü: Balkan, Birinci Dünya ve İstiklal Savaşları, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 1997, ISBN 975-363-617-2.
  • İzzettin Çalışlar, Gün Gün, Saat Saat İstiklâl Harbi'nde Batı Cephesi: Org. İzzetin Çalışlar'ın Anılarıyla, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, 2009, ISBN 978-9944-88-554-6.

See also

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. 192. (in Turkish)
İzzettin Paşa 1926 as the Chief Army Inspector

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Military offices
Preceded by Inspector of the Third Army
22 June 1925 – 22 November 1933 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Inspector of the Second Army
22 November 1933 – 20 December 1939 		Succeeded by