Mehmed Şükrü Pasha (; 1857 – 5 June 1916) was a Turkish general ( Birindji ferik) in the

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Biography

He was the only child of Kolağası (Senior Captain) Mustafa and Muhsine from the Turkish Aybakan family, and was born in

Erzurum Erzurum (; ) is a List of cities in Turkey, city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It is the largest city and capital of Erzurum Province and is 1,900 meters (6,233 feet) above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 367,250 in 2010. It is the site of an ...

in 1857. He started his education in Erzincan Military High School with great interest in

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service when he was a child, but after his father's death, his mother remarried, he got offended, moved away from his environment, entered the Sütlüce Artillery School in

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

, and graduated from the War College in 1879 as an Artillery Lieutenant. He defended the city of

Edirne Edirne (; ), historically known as Orestias, Adrianople, is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the Edirne Province, province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borders, Edirne was the second c ...

, which was besieged by the Bulgarians during the

Balkan Wars The Balkan Wars were two conflicts that took place in the Balkans, Balkan states in 1912 and 1913. In the First Balkan War, the four Balkan states of Kingdom of Greece (Glücksburg), Greece, Kingdom of Serbia, Serbia, Kingdom of Montenegro, M ...

, 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

. He was buried in Merkezefendi Cemetery.

References

1856 births 1916 deaths People from Erzurum Ottoman Army generals Turks from the Ottoman Empire Ottoman military personnel of the Balkan Wars 19th-century Ottoman military personnel {{Ottoman-bio-stub