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Mustafa Ertuğrul Aker
Mustafa Ertuğrul (1892–1961), Mustafa Ertuğrul Aker since the Surname Law of 1934 in Turkey, was a Turkish career officer. He was an officer of the Ottoman Army during World War I and of the Turkish Army in the early stages of the Turkish War of Independence (he was wounded near Aydın in 1919). He accomplished a number of brilliant military feats, the most notable being the sinking of the British seaplane tender HMS ''Ben-my-Chree'' with shore artillery fire. In the same campaign along the coasts of southwestern Turkey, he also sank the French auxiliary aviso ''Paris II'', the converted naval trawler ''Alexandra'' and a number of other Allied vessels in 1917. Life He was born in 1893 in Hanya to Turkish Cretan parents. His family remained in Crete until 1903 when they moved to Istanbul where Ertuğrul attended the Ottoman Military Academy. He married a daughter of his commander Şefik Pasha (Aker). After the 1934 Surname Law, he chose the family name of his father-in-la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanya
Chania (, , ), also sometimes romanized as Hania, is a city in Greece and the capital of the Chania regional unit. It lies along the north west coast of the island Crete, about west of Rethymno and west of Heraklion. The municipality has 111,375 inhabitants (2021). This consists of the city of Chania and several nearby areas, including Kounoupidiana, Mournies, Souda, Nerokouros, Daratsos, Perivolia, Galatas and Aroni. History Minoan era Chania was the site of a Minoan settlement, known from Linear B tablets from Knossos as having been named (). The subsequent Greek settlement was likewise known as Cydonia (, ''Kydōnía''), ultimately the source of the English word "quince". Some notable archaeological evidence for the existence of this Minoan city below some parts of today's Chania was found by excavations in the district of Kasteli in the Old Town. This area appears to have been inhabited since the Neolithic Age. Ancient Greek and Roman eras Cydonia reemerge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
