Buried at Erenkoy Mezarligi Rank Birinci Ferik Role Military Commander Education War Academy | Name Cevat Cobanli | |
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Nickname(s) 18 Mart (5 Mart) Kahramani(Hero of March 18) Years of service Ottoman: 1891-1920Turkey: January 15, 1922-September 14, 1935 Battles/wars Italo-Turkish WarBalkan WarsFirst World WarWar of Independence Commands held Similar People Otto Liman von Sanders, Sackville Carden, Wehib Pasha, John de Robeck, Ali Fuat Cebesoy | ||
Cevat Çobanlı (14 September 1870 or 1871 – 13 March 1938) was a military commander of the Ottoman Army, War Minister (Harbiye Nazırı) of the Ottoman Empire and a general of the Turkish Army.
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Family and education
Cevat was born on 14 September 1870 or in 1871 in Sultanahmet (Istanbul, Ottoman Empire) to mother Emine Hanım and father Müşir Şakir Pasha.
After graduating from Galatasaray High School, he entered Harbiye Mektibi (Mekteb-i Fünûn-u Harbiyye-i Şâhâne) in 1888. He completed the military school as the fourth of the class on 1891 and joined the Ottoman military as an Infantry Second Lieutenant (Mülâzım-ı Sani). And he continued to study in the War Academy (Staff College, Mekteb-i Erkân-ı Harbiye-i Şâhâne), present day: Harp Akademisi) and in 1892, he was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant (Mülâzım-ı Evvel). In 1894, he graduated from Academy as a Staff Captain (Erkân-ı Harp Yüzbaşısı) and started to serve for the General Staff of Palace (Maiyet-i Seniyye Erkân-ı Harbiyesi) as an aide-de-camp of Sultan.
Malta exile
He was one of the Malta exiles.
Republican era
Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı, painter Aliye Berger, and Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid were his nephews and niece.
Medals and Decorations
