Hayrullah Fişek
| Hayrullah Fişek | |
|---|---|
 Mirliva Hayrullah Pasha (11 November 1932) | |
| Turkish Army | |
| Undersecretary for the Ministry of National Defence | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
3 June 1885 Kalkandelen, Ottoman Empire (currently Tetovo, Macedonia) |
| Died |
13 July 1975 (aged 90) Ankara, Turkey |
| Nationality | Ottoman, Turkish |
| Awards |
Turkish Medal of Independence Medjidie |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Ottoman Empire, Turkey |
| Rank | Mirliva |
| Battles/wars |
First Balkan War Second Balkan War World War I Caucasus Campaign Battle of Sakarya |
General Hayrullah Fişek (1885–1975) was a career officer in the Turkish army (Captain, Ottoman War Academy, 1904 - rtd. 1945, Major-General (Mirliva)[1] Undersecretary for the Ministry of National Defence).
Life
Hayrullah Fişek, born in Kalkandelen (now Tetovo), was a senior officer in the Turkish army. Hayrullah was given the name Fişek, meaning cartridge in Turkish. Hayrullah Fişek was a direct descendant of Süleyman Aga "Fişekçi" (born around 1775 in Kalkandelen), the founder of the Fişek family.
His parents were Hafiz Süleyman Efendi (1849 Kalkandelen – 1894 Balıkesir), a Land Registry Officer and Fatma Hanko (1847 Kalkandelen –1930 Istanbul), Sheikh Mustafa Ruhi Efendi's daughter.[2] He is of Albanian and Turkish descent.
Military career
He entered Military Academy in 1901. He completed the Military Academy as the seventh of the class in 1904 (1320-P.7) and joined the Ottoman military as an Infantry Second Lieutenant (Mülazım-ı Sani). In 1906, he entered the Staff College and he graduated as a Distinguished Captain (Mümtaz Yüzbaşı).[3]
During the Turkish Independence War, he participated in the Battle of Sakarya as the chief of staff of the Provisional Corps (Mürettep Kolordu)[4] and he served as the chief of staff of XIV Corps, Kocaeli Group, III Corps with the rank of staff lieutenant colonel.[5] He also participated in battle at Balıkesir, Soma and Bandırma. He retired in 1946.[6]
Family
He had one sister named Hatice (1873–1902) and 3 brothers : Abdülhâmit Bey (1866–1917), a Finance officer, Nuri Bey (1878–1945), and Zekeriya Bey (1880–1932), both officers of the Turkish Army.
Hayrullah married his wife Mukaddes Fişek (1891–1958) and had two sons: Prof. Dr. Nusret Fişek M.D. (1914–1990), Undersecretary, Ministry of Health and Prof. Dr. Hicri Fişek (1918–2002), Professor of International Law.
Photos
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Hayrullah, 1917 (31 years old)[1]
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Battle of Sakarya, 10 September 1921. Duatepe, Polatli, observation hill. Fevzi Çakmak, Kazım Özalp, Mustafa Kemal, Ismet Inönü and Hayrullah Fişek
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk greeting General Hayrullah Fişek, Ankara Railway station, mid-1930s
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Hayrullah with his two sons Nusret Fişek and Hicri Fişek, Edirne, 1933
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Hayrullah pasha in 1935, Tekirdağ
References
- ↑ Mahmut Goloğlu, Cumhuriyete doğru, 1921-1922, Başnur Matbaası, p. 307. (Turkish)
- ↑ Nathalie Clayer. Aux origines du nationalisme albanais: la naissance d'une nation (in French). Retrieved 21 February 2011.
- ↑ Harp Akademileri Komutanlığı, Harp Akademilerinin 120 Yılı, İstanbul, 1968, p. 37. (Turkish)
- ↑ Sabahattin Özel, Kocaeli ve Sakarya İllerinde Millî Mücadele (1919-1922), Adapazarı Belediyesi, 1987, p. 165. (Turkish)
- ↑ War of Independence Generals list at the Wayback Machine (archived May 26, 2007), Afyon Kocatepe University
- ↑ Nusret Baycan, "Türk İstiklâl Harbinde Terfi veya Takdirname ile Taltif Edilen Subaylar", (Gnkur. ATASE Başkanlığı Arşivi, Dosya No. 2, 1320-P.3 : 1325-P.1587) p. 25.