Cemal Mersinli

Cemal Mersinli (1875 – October 7, 1941), also known as Mehmed Djemal Pasha (Turkish: Mehmed Cemal Paşa), Cemal of Mersin (Turkish: Mersinli Cemal), or Djemal Pasha the Lesser (Turkish: Küçük Cemal Paşa; to distinguish him from the higher-ranking Djemal Pasha) was a general of the Ottoman and Turkish armies and a politician of the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey.^[1]

Cemal Mersinli
Born	1875 (1875) Mersin, Ottoman Empire
Died	7 October 1941(1941-10-07) (aged 65–66) Ankara, Turkey
Buried	Cebeci Askerî Şehitliği
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire  Turkey
Years of service	Ottoman Empire: March 13, 1895-March 22, 1920 Turkey: -May 6, 1924
Rank	Lieutenant general
Commands	Chief of Staff of the Second Army, Chief of Staff of the Western Army, 42nd Division, 10th Division, Chief of Staff of the Inspectorate of the First Army, Vice commander of the Adrianople Fortified Area Command, VIII Corps, Fourth Army, Yildirim Troops Inspectorate, Second Army, General Director of Military Schools, War Minister
Battles / wars	Balkan Wars First World War War of Independence
Other work	Member of the GNAT (Isparta) Member of the GNAT (İçel)

During the Arab Revolt, he led Ottoman forces in an attack on Wadi Musa on 21 October 1917. The Ottoman forces were defeated by forces under the command of Mawlud Mukhlis, Faisal's aide-de-camp. He later participated in the Turkish War of Independence where he joined the forces of Atatürk. He was a prominent politician of the Turkish Republic until his death in 1941.^[2][3]

Cemal Mersinli during World War I

Medals and decorations

• Medal of Independence with Green Ribbon.

Sources

1. Türk Parlamento Tarihi Araştırma Grubu, Türk Parlamento Tarihi, Millî Mücadele ve T.B.M.B. I. Dönem 1919-1923 - III. Cilt: I. Dönem Milletvekillerin Özgeçmişleri, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Vakfı Yayınları, Ankara, 1995, ISBN 975-7291-06-4, pp. 472-474. (in Turkish)
2. Faulkner, Neil (2016). Lawrence of Arabia's War: The Arabs, the British and the Remaking of the Middle East in WWI. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 314–315. ISBN 9780300226393.
3. Lawrence, T.E. (1935). Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. p. 381.

External links

• Dursun Gök, Mersinli Cemal Paşa, Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi Dergisi, Sayı 34, Cilt: XII, Mart 1996 (in Turkish)