Mustafa Muğlalı (1882 – 11 December 1951) was an officer of the
Ottoman Army
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Army
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and the general of the
Turkish Army
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. He served as an officer in
World War I
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and 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 ...
.
As a General of the
Third Army, he took part in the defense of
Diyarbakır
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Situated around a high plateau by the banks of the Tigris river on which stands the historic Diyarbakır Fortress, it is ...
during the
Sheikh Said Rebellion in 1925.
33 Bullets Incident
In 1943, Muğlalı ordered the execution of 33 alleged Kurdish smugglers, an event known as the
Muğlalı incident. One of the villagers survived. In 1948, the incident was brought to the attention of the
Grand National Assembly of Turkey
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, as potential criminal charges were discussed. On 1 September 1949, Muğlalı was arrested and charged over the incident. In February 1950, a Turkish military court found him guilty of murder and sentenced him to death. However, due to Muğlalı's old age and other extenuating circumstances, such as his dementia, his sentence was later commuted to 20 years in prison. He died in the
Gülhane Military Hospital in Ankara while awaiting a final decision from the Supreme Court.
Karahan village
6 Kurdish villagers were extrajudicially executed by General Mustafa Muğlalı. This was the second massacre of Muğlalı, with the possibility of more uncovered massacres having been committed.
See also
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Sources
External links
Van military barracks no longer named after controversial general 2011-11-04, todayszaman.com.
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1882 births
1951 deaths
Turks from the Ottoman Empire
People from Muğla
Ottoman Military Academy 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 Turkish War of Independence
Turkish military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
Recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon (Turkey)
Turkish Army generals
Turkish mass murderers
Turkish military personnel who were court-martialed
Turkish people convicted of murder
Turkish people convicted of war crimes
Turkish prisoners sentenced to death
Burials at Turkish State Cemetery
People with dementia
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Anti-Kurdish sentiment