Cemal Pascha

Quotes

• “I shall not return to Constantinople until I have conquered Egypt!”
• “With us it is not a question of Bolshevism or democracy, but of life or death. A decision in favor of a Soviet could not be opposed by the Young Turks.”
• “Our sole aim was, by virtue of this war, to rid ourselves of the lot of them, however many international decisions there were. Each one represented a blow to our...independence...And, just as it was our dearly held goal to lift the Capitulations and the Mt. Lebanon concessions, we also desired to destroy the signed understanding concerning the reforms in Eastern Anatolia...”
• “There is nothing in the world that could make me turn from the law. With a clear conscience, I am prepared to answer for each and every one of my political and administrative orders and actions, and to do so before the court of public opinion...”

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Key facts

Monarch

Mehmed V

Grand vizier

Mehmed Said Halim Pasha

Preceded by

Osman Nizami Pasha

Succeeded by

Çürüksulu Mahmud Pasha

Monarchs

Mehmed V , Mehmed VI

Born

( 1872-05-06 ) 6 May 1872, Midilli , Vilayet of the Archipelago , Ottoman Empire

Died

21 July 1922 (1922-07-21) (aged 50), Tbilisi , Georgian SSR

Relations

Hasan Cemal (grandson)

Allegiance

Ottoman Empire , Emirate of Afghanistan (1920–1922)

Years of service

1893–1918

Rank

General

Commands

Fourth Army

Battles wars

Macedonian Struggle 31 March Incident Balkan Wars First Balkan War Second Balkan War World War I Sinai and Palestine Campaign Suez Canal Megiddo First Battle of Gaza Capture of Jericho Second Battle of Gaza Charge at Irbid Mesopotamia Campaign Arab Revolt Battle of Wadi Musa Tafas massacre

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Wikidata facts

Image

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