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Ottoman field marshal For the Ottoman minister and ambassador, see Ibrahim Edhem Pasha.
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In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Edhem, the title is Pasha, and there is no family name.
Edhem Pasha
Birth nameEdhem
Born1844
Trabzon, Trebizond Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Died1909 (aged 57–58)
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
Service / branch Ottoman Army
Years of servicec. 1868–1909
RankField marshal
CommandsThessalian front
Battles / warsRusso-Turkish War (1877-1878)

Greco-Turkish War (1897)

Edhem Pasha (Turkish: Ethem Paşa; 1844–1909) was an Ottoman field marshal and leading figure in the propagation of the Ottoman military doctrine.

Life and career

Edhem was born to a Muslim Turkish family in Trabzon which was then part of the Ottoman Empire. He was the deputy of Osman Nuri Pasha during the Siege of Plevna in 1877. He was the leading commander of the Ottoman army that defeated the Greek army on the Thessalian front during the Greco-Turkish War (1897), which would end in a decisive Ottoman victory. Edhem Pasha was especially successful in the Battle of Domokos on the front. He captured Larissa and Trikala, but other European states intervened in favor of Greece because of the danger that the Ottomans again could once again capture the rest of the Morea. As a result, the Greco-Ottoman War resulted in a strategic stalemate despite the Ottoman military victory on the field. Edhem Pasha died in Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) in 1909.

References

  1. ^ Metin Hülâgü, Mehmet (1996). "Gazi Edhem Paşa". TDV Diyanet İslam Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Vol. v. 13. Ankara. p. 449.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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