| Mahammad Kangarli | |
|---|---|
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| Born | (1914-10-01)1 October 1914 Shusha, Azerbaijan |
| Died | 17 September 2006(2006-09-17) (aged 91) Ankara, Turkey |
| Citizenship |   Soviet Union  Turkey |
Mahammad Kangarli (1 October 1914 - 17 September 2006) was the head of the Azerbaijan National Center for Immigrantsand personal doctor of Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh. He became a member of the Young Azer Organization of the Musavat party at age 14. In 1939 he took part in the Winter War. Later, he was captured by the Germans in World War II and served as a military doctor in the Azerbaijani Legion.
Early life
Mahammad Kangarli was born on January 10, 1914, in Shusha. In 1928, he became a member of the Young Azer Organization of the Musavat party. After graduating from high school, he entered the Russian department of the Medical Faculty of the university in 1933, and then entered the Leningrad Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1939.
Career
He served as a military doctor in the USSR-Finland war. Together with the medical battalion, he was captured by the Finns. A year later, in a prisoner exchange, he was returned to the Soviet army.
In 1942 he was captured by the Germans in World War II. After his capture, he worked as a military doctor in the Azerbaijani Legion. Kangarli lived in difficult conditions in Germany after World War II.
He moved to Turkey in 1952 and worked at the Azerbaijan National Center in Ankara and the Azerbaijan Cultural Association. He married in 1954. From 1952 to 1979, he worked as a chief physician, head of health, assistant director general of the Red Crescent in hospitals of the Turkish Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, and as a counselor at the Turkish Embassy in Bonn.
In 1963, he went to Cyprus and established the Red Crescent Hospital there. In 1971, he was sent to the Indian war zone on behalf of the Red Crescent during the Kashmir war between India and Pakistan. He was repeatedly awarded medals of honor for his work there. He later worked as the head of the Monuments Circle in Turkey. During his lifetime, Azerbaijan magazine published his articles on the national struggle. He died on August 17, 2006, in Ankara.
See also
References
- Yagublu, Nasiman (2013). Məhəmməd Əmin Rəsulzadə ensiklopediyası (PDF) (in Azerbaijani). Baku. p. 405.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Yagublu, Nasiman (2008). Bakının qurtuluşu (PDF) (in Azerbaijani). Baku: Adiloğlu nəşriyyatı. pp. 251–252. ISBN 9789952250961.
- Şəhanə Rəhimli (April 16, 2018). "Kəngərlinin Rəsulzadə haqqında dedikləri" (in Azerbaijani). azvision.az. Archived from the original on September 8, 2020. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
- ^ "Rəsulzadənin yaxın dostu olan Kəngərlinın qızı atası haqqında". aqreqator.az. May 28, 2019. Archived from the original on September 8, 2020. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
- "Doktor Məhəmməd Kəngərli 17 Avqust 2006 tarixində Haqqın rəhmətinə qovuşdu" (in Azerbaijani). azerphoto.com. 2006. Archived from the original on September 8, 2020. Retrieved March 22, 2021.