Mürsel Bakû

Mürsel Bakû (1881; Erzurum – 2 February 1945; Istanbul) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World war I, he was arrested in January 1919, prosecuted for war crimes[2] and deported to Malta as one of the Malta Exiles.[3] After his return from detention in Malta, he was the general of the Seventh Army, which took part in the defense of Diyarbakır during the Sheikh Said Rebellion in 1924–1925.[4]

Mürsel Bakû
1316-Sv. 7[1]
Born1881
Erzurum, Ottoman Empire
Died2 February 1945(1945-02-02) (aged 63–64)
Istanbul, Turkey
Buried
Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı
State Cemetery
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
 Turkey
Years of serviceOttoman: 1901–1919
Turkey: 3 November 1921 – 23 August 1938
RankGeneral
Commands held11th Cavalry Brigade, 34th Division, 2nd Cavalry Division, 32nd Division, 12th Division, 5th Caucasian Division
6th Cavalry Division, 1st Cavalry Division, VII Corps (deputy), 2nd Cavalry Division, 23rd Infantry Division, Inspector of the Cavalry, Deputy Inspector of the Infantry, member of the Military Supreme Court
Battles/warsBalkan Wars
First World War
War of Independence
Other workMember of the GNAT (Kocaeli)

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. 132. (in Turkish)
  2. Dadrian, Vahakn N.; Akçam, Taner (2011). Judgment at Istanbul: The Armenian Genocide Trials. Berghahn Books. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-85745-251-1.
  3. "'Malta Sürgünleri' kimdir? | GAZETE VATAN". www.gazetevatan.com. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  4. Üngör, Umut. "Young Turk social engineering : mass violence and the nation state in eastern Turkey, 1913- 1950" (PDF). University of Amsterdam. p. 233. Retrieved 22 November 2020.


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