İzzettin Çalışlar (1882 – 20 August 1951) was an officer of the
Ottoman Army
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Army
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and a general of the
Turkish Army
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. He is known for his achievements in the
Gallipoli campaign of
World War I
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. He later joined the forces of
Mustafa Kemal
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and fought 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 ...
. He also served as a politician and was a prominent member of the
Kemalist
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movement.
Works
*''İstiklâl Harbi Hatıraları''
*''II nci İnönü Muharebesinde 61 nci Fırka'', 1932.
*''61 nci Fırkanın Gediz ve Kütahya Muharebeleri'', 1932.
*''Sakarya Meydan Muharebesinde 1 nci Grup'', 1932.
*''Sakarya'dan Ä°zmir'e kadar I inci Kolordu'', 1932.
* İzzettin Çalışlar (ed. İsmet Görgülü), ''Atatürk'le İkibuçuk Yıl – Orgeneral Çalışlar'ın anıları'', Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 1993.
* İzzettin Çalışlar (ed.: İsmet Görgülü), ''On Yıllık Savaşın Günlüğü: Balkan, Birinci Dünya ve İstiklal Savaşları'', Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 1997, .
* İzzettin Çalışlar, ''Gün Gün, Saat Saat İstiklâl Harbi'nde Batı Cephesi: Org. İzzetin Çalışlar'ın Anılarıyla'', Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, 2009, .
See also
*
Sources
External links
*Yetkin Ä°ÅŸcen & Haluk Oral
Dead Man's Flaskin www.gallipoli-1915.org
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1882 births
1951 deaths
Military personnel from Ioannina
People from Janina vilayet
Ottoman Imperial School of Military Engineering alumni
Ottoman Military College alumni
Ottoman Army officers
Ottoman military personnel of the Balkan Wars
Ottoman military personnel of World War I
Turkish military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
Recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon (Turkey)
Turkish Army generals
Deputies of Aydın
Burials at Turkish State Cemetery
Deputies of MuÄŸla
Deputies of Balıkesir
Commanders of the Second Army of Turkey
Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians