Selâhattin Âdil (January 19, 1882; Constantinople (

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) – February 27, 1961; Istanbul) was an officer of the

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and a general of the

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. He fought in the Gallipoli Campaign during the

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. He led a Turkish army corps during 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 ...

. However, he resigned in 1923 because of disagreements with the abolition of the

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. In the 1950s he joined the Democrat Party led by

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. He retired in 1953 after developing differences with the party.

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* Selahattin Adil (ed. Enver Koray), ''Hayat Mücadeleleri- Selahattin Adil Paşa'nın Hatıraları'', Zafer Matbaası, 1982.

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