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| Birth name | Mahmud Muhtar |
| Born | 1867 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 15 March 1935 (aged 67–68) On a passenger ship going from Alexandria to Napoli |
| Allegiance |  Ottoman Empire |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Commands held | 1st Division, III Corps, Naval Minister |
| Battles/wars | Greco-Turkish War (1897) Italo-Turkish War Balkan Wars First World War |
Mahmud Muhtar Pasha also spelled Mahmud Mihtar Pasha (Turkish: Mahmut Muhtar Paşa; 1867 – 15 March 1935), known as Mahmut Muhtar Katırcıoğlu since 1934, was an Ottoman-born Turkish military officer and diplomat, the son of the Grand Vizier Ahmed Muhtar Pasha.
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Biography
He was of Turkish[2] origin. He was born in Constantinople and returned to the city in 1893 after seven years' military education in Germany. He was a participant in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, in spite of the prohibition by the Sultan Abd-ul-Hamid II. In 1910, he became Minister of the Navy in Ibrahim Hakki Pasha's cabinet and arranged the construction of the first Turkish dreadnought. He married Princess Nimetullah Khanum Effendi, a daughter of Isma'il Pasha and they had five children.
At the outbreak of the First Balkan War in 1912, he went to the front, commanded the III Corps in the Battle of Kirk Kilisse , Battle of Lule Burgas and was severely wounded in the First Battle of Çatalca He wrote an account of his experiences in the Balkan War titled Why We Lost Rumelia (Turkish: Rumeli'yi Neden Kaybettik),[3] of which German and French versions appeared in 1913. He later fought in the Turkish War of Independence where he joined the forces of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
On 30 May 1929, Mahmud Muhtar Pasha was put on trial before the Supreme Court (formerly Ottoman Turkish: Divan'ı Ali, today Turkish: Yüce Divan) on charges of damnifying the state treasury by remitting 20,000 pounds without security to the British Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company in conjunction with works for the Anatolian Railway Company. On 3 November 1929, he was sentenced to making a payment of 22,000 Turkish gold coins discounted by five percent.[4]
See also
Sources
- ^ Harp Akademileri Komutanlığı, Harp Akademilerinin 120 Yılı, İstanbul, 1968, p. 19. (in Turkish)
- ^ Şerifoğlu, Ömer Faruk, "Mahmud Muhtar Paşa (Katırcıoğlu)" (1999), Yaşamları ve Yapıtlarıyla Osmanlılar Ansiklopedisi, İstanbul:Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat Yayıncılık C.2 p.69
- ^ Mahmut Muhtar Paşa (2007) [1913]. Rumeli'yi neden kaybettik. Örgün. ISBN 978-975-7651-60-4.
- ^ "Yargıtay tarihinde bir ilk!". Sabah (in Turkish). 26 July 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
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