Cavit Erdel

Cavit [Erdel]
1317-P. 14[1]
Cavit [Erdel]; 1317-P. 14[1]
Born	1884; Edirne, Adrianople Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	5 March 1933 (aged 48–49); Ankara, Turkey
Buried	State Cemetery
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire; Turkey
Years of service	Ottoman: 1902–1919; Turkey: 1919 – Mart 5, 1933
Rank	Mirliva
Commands held	Chief of Staff of the 42nd Division, Chief of Staff of Chataldja Defense Line, Chief of Staff of the IX Corps, 17th Division (deputy), Chief of Staff of the I Caucasian Corps, 11th Caucasian Division; 11th Caucasian Division, Kars Fortified Area Command, chief of the Personnel Bureau of the Ministry of National Defence, 7th Division, 16th Division, member of the Military Supreme Court
Battles/wars	Italo-Turkish War; Balkan Wars; First World War; War of Independence
Other work	Member of the GNAT (Kars)

Cavit [Erdel] (1884; Adrianople (Edirne) – 5 March 1933; Ankara) was a military officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army.

Sources

T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 149. (in Turkish)

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