Kâzım Karabekir
Turkish general and politician (1882–1948)
Biography
Musa Kâzım Karabekir (also Kiazim in English; Ottoman Turkish: موسی كاظم قره بكر, pronounced [ca:'zɯm kaɾabe'ciɾ]; 1882 – 26 January 1948) was a Turkish general and politician. He was the commander of the Eastern Army of the Ottoman Empire during the Turkish War of Independence, and fought a successful military campaign against the Armenian Democratic Republic. He was the founder and leader of the Progressive Republican Party, the Turkish Republic's first opposition party to Atatürk, though he and his party would be purged following the Sheikh Said revolt. He was rehabilitated with İsmet İnönü's ascension to the presidency in 1938 and served as Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey before his death.
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Career highlights
Career & roles
- member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
- party leader
- Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Family
- Children
- Timsal KarabekirHayat FeyzioğluEmel Özerengin
Awards & honours (1)
- Medal of Independence with Red-Green Ribbon
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- Kâzım Karabekir died on January 26, 1948 at the age of 65.
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- Kâzım Karabekir was born on July 23, 1882.
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- Kâzım Karabekir was born in Küçükmustafapaşa.
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- Kâzım Karabekir is a citizen of Turkey, Ottoman Empire.
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- Wikidata lists 3 children of Kâzım Karabekir.
