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İsmail Hakkı Okday
İsmail Hakkı Okday (20 October 1881 – 10 October 1977) was an Ottoman Turkish military commander, who participated in the First Balkan War. Early life and career He was born in Athens as the son of Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, who was then the Ottoman ambassador to Greece, and later became the last Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. He married Sultan Mehmed VI Vahdeddin's daughter Ulviye Sultan. Education He studied at Galatasaray High School, his education began in his early teens. After completing his officer training at the Military Academy he was sent to the Prussian Military Academy. Balkan Wars and World War I When the First Balkan War began in 1912 he took a break from training and was tasked to defend Ioannina. He completed his training in Germany to return to the Military Academy which was set up after the Balkan Wars. He served as a staff officer in World War I. Turkish War of Independence During the later years of the Turkish War of Independence, he established back ...
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Damat (, from {{langx, fa, {{nq, داماد (dâmâd) "bridegroom") was an official Ottoman title describing men that entered the imperial House of Osman by means of marriage, literally becoming the bridegroom to the Ottoman sultan and the dynasty. In almost all cases, this occurred when a man married an Ottoman princess. Among others, the following people were damats to the Ottoman dynasty: * Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha, Grand Vizier (1497–98, 1503–06, 1511, 1512–14, 1515–16) * Çorlulu Damat Ali Pasha, Grand Vizier (1706–10) * Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha, Grand Vizier (1713–16) * Bayram Pasha, Grand Vizier (1637–38) * Kara Davud Pasha, Grand Vizier (1622) * Koca Davud Pasha, Grand Vizier (1482–97) * Ebubekir Pasha, Kapudan Pasha (1732–33, 1750–51) * Enver Pasha, Minister of War (1913–18) * Damat Ferid Pasha, Grand Vizier (1919, 1920) * Damat Halil Pasha, Grand Vizier (1616–19, 1626–28) * Damat Hasan Pasha, Grand Vizier (1703–04) * Yemişçi Hasan ...
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