Mehmed Şükrü Pasha (1857 – 5 June 1916) was a general (
Birindji ferik) in the
Ottoman Army.
Biography
He defended the city of
Edirne, which was besieged by the Bulgarians during the
Balkan Wars
The Balkan Wars refers to a series of two conflicts that took place in the Balkan States in 1912 and 1913. In the First Balkan War, the four Balkan States of Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria declared war upon the Ottoman Empire and defe ...
, under difficult conditions for 155 days. There is a monument in Edirne built in his name.
He died on 5 June 1916 at his home in
Istanbul. He was buried in
Merkezefendi Cemetery.
References
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1856 births
1916 deaths
People from Erzurum
Ottoman Army generals
Military personnel of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman military personnel of the Balkan Wars
19th-century Ottoman military personnel