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Officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army

Rüştü Pasha
1309-Top (Artillery) 8
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. He was hanged for his involvement in the İzmir assassination attempt against Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk) in 1926.

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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. 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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