Turkish field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1876)

Fevzi Çakmak

Mustafa Fevzi Çakmak was a Turkish field marshal (Mareşal) and politician. He served as the Chief of General Staff from 1918 and 1919 and later the Minister of War of the Ottoman Empire in 1920. He later joined the provisional Government of the Grand National Assembly and became the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense and later as the prime minister of Turkey from 1921 to 1922. He was the second chief of the General Staff of the provisional Ankara Government and the first chief of the General Staff of the Republic of Turkey.

Born

1876

January 12

Died

1950

Era

1870s

Country

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Fevzi, in brief

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Key dates

1876 Born
1950 Died

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475 Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire.
1528 Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned since his election in June 1523.
1554 Bayinnaung, who would go on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, is crowned King of Burma.
1616 The city of Belém, Brazil is founded on the Amazon River delta by Portuguese captain Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco.

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The world in 1950

When Fevzi departed

april 21 The Nainital wedding massacre occurs, killing 22 members of the Harijan caste.
august 1 Guam is organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act.
august 12 Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: Seventy-five American POWs are massacred by the North Korean Army.
august 15 Measuring Mw 8.6, the largest earthquake on land occurs in the Assam-Tibet-Myanmar border, killing 4,800.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on January 12

Alasdair MacIntyre 1929– Scottish-American philosopher and academic (died 2025) Arif Yunusov 1955– Azerbaijani author, historian, and human rights activist. Chet Jastremski 1941– American swimmer and physician (died 2014) Edmund Burke 1729–1797 Irish philosopher, academic, and politician (died 1797) Farrah Forke 1968–2022 American actress (born 1968) Hande Yener 1973– Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, and actress Haruki Murakami 1949– Japanese novelist, short-story writer, and essayist Jusepe de Ribera 1591– Spanish painter (died 1652) Morton Feldman 1926–1987 American composer and academic (died 1987)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1876

Alvin Kraenzlein 1876–1928 American hurdler and runner (died 1928) Arthur Edward Moore 1876–1963 New Zealand-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland (died 1963) Bert Vogler 1876–1946 South African cricketer (born 1876) Bruno Walter 1876–1962 German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1876) Carl Ruggles 1876–1971 American composer and painter (died 1971) Fred Duesenberg 1876–1932 German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company (died 1932) James Scullin 1876–1953 Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1876) John Macleod 1876–1935 Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1876) Kim Koo 1876–1949 South Korean politician, 6th President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (died 1949)

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