Şükrü Naili Gökberk (1876 in Selanik, Salonica Vilayet, Ottoman Empire – 26 October 1936 in Edirne, Turkey]) was an officer of the Ottoman Army (1861–1922), Ottoman Army during

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, reaching the rank of miralay ( senior colonel /

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) on 1 September 1917; and of the Turkish Army during the Turkish War of Independence, reaching the rank of mirliva (brigadier general) on 31 August 1922. He was promoted to the rank of ferik ( major general) on 30 August 1926. He commanded a division of the Ottoman Army in the defense of the Gallipoli peninsula during the Gallipoli campaign of

. Towards the end of World War I, he was in the Palestinian front. He later fought in the Turkish War of Independence where he commanded the Turkish forces (3rd Corps) of the Ankara government which entered

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with a ceremony on 6 October 1923, following the end of the city's occupation by the Allies of World War I. He was a member of parliament at the

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for two terms, first for Kırklareli (1923) and later for Istanbul (1935).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gokberk, Sukru Naili 1876 births 1936 deaths Military personnel from Thessaloniki People from Salonica vilayet Macedonian Turks Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians Deputies of Kırklareli Deputies of Istanbul Ottoman Army officers Turkish Army generals Ottoman military personnel of the Balkan Wars Ottoman military personnel of World War I Turkish military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) Ottoman Military Academy alumni Ottoman Military College alumni Recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon (Turkey) Burials at Turkish State Cemetery

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