Cemal Mersinli (1875 – October 7, 1941), also known as Mehmed Djemal Pasha (), Cemal of Mersin (), or Djemal Pasha the Lesser (; to distinguish him from the higher-ranking

Djemal Pasha Ahmed Djemal (; ; 6 May 1872 – 21 July 1922), also known as Djemal Pasha or Cemâl Pasha, was an Ottoman military leader and one of the Three Pashas that ruled the Ottoman Empire during World War I. As an officer of the II Corps, he was ...

) was a Turkish general of the Ottoman and Turkish armies and a politician of the

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and the

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.Türk Parlamento Tarihi Araştırma Grubu, ''Türk Parlamento Tarihi, Millî Mücadele ve T.B.M.B. I. Dönem 1919-1923 - III. Cilt: I. Dönem Milletvekillerin Özgeçmişleri'', Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Vakfı Yayınları, Ankara, 1995, , pp. 472-474. During the

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, he led Turkish forces in an attack on

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on 21 October 1917. The Turkish forces were defeated by forces under the command of

Mawlud Mukhlis Mawlud Mukhlis (), born in Mosul in 1886 and died in Beirut, Lebanon in 1951, was an Arab nationalist, soldier and Iraqi politician. He headed the Chamber of Deputies of Iraq from December 1937 to November 1941. Biography He joined the Covenant ...

, Faisal's '' aide-de-camp''. He later participated in the

Turkish War of Independence , strength1 = May 1919: 35,000November 1920: 86,000Turkish General Staff, ''Türk İstiklal Harbinde Batı Cephesi'', Edition II, Part 2, Ankara 1999, p. 225August 1922: 271,000Celâl Erikan, Rıdvan Akın: ''Kurtuluş Savaşı tarih ...

where he joined the forces of Atatürk. He was a prominent politician of the Turkish Republic until his death in 1941.

Medals and decorations

* Medal of Independence with Green Ribbon.

Sources

External links

* Dursun Gök
Mersinli Cemal Paşa
''Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi Dergisi'', Sayı 34, Cilt: XII, Mart 1996 {{DEFAULTSORT:Mersinli, Cemal 1875 births 1941 deaths People from Mersin Ottoman Military Academy alumni Ottoman Military College alumni Ottoman Army officers Ottoman military personnel of the Balkan Wars Ottoman military personnel of World War I Politicians from the Ottoman Empire Government ministers of the Ottoman Empire Malta exiles Turkish Army generals Turkish people of the Turkish War of Independence Deputies of Isparta Recipients of the Medal of Independence with Green Ribbon (Turkey)