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Fakhri Pasha

For the officer of the Ottoman Army born 1880, also known as Fahreddin Pasha, see Fahrettin Altay.
In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Fahrettin, the title is Pasha, and there is no family name.

Fahrettin Türkkan
1304 (1888)-SV. 1[1]
Lieutenant General Türkkan (c. 1935–1936)
Birth nameÖmer Fahreddin[1]
Nickname(s)The Defender of Medina
The Lion of the Desert[2]
The Tiger of the Desert[3]
Born1868 (November or December)
Rusçuk, Danube Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died22 November 1948 (aged 79–80)
Eskişehir, Turkey
Buried
Aşiyan Cemetery
AllegianceOttoman Empire Ottoman Empire (1888–1919)
Ankara Government (1921–1923)
Turkey Turkey (1923–1936)
Service/branch Ottoman Army
Army of the GNA
 Turkish Land Forces
Years of service1888–1919, 1921–1936
RankLieutenant general
Commands held31st Division, XII Corps, Fourth Army (deputy), Hejaz Expeditionary Force
Battles/warsItalo-Turkish War
Balkan Wars
World War I
Turkish War of Independence
Other workTurkish ambassador to Kabul

Ömer Fahrettin Türkkan, commonly known as Fakhri Pasha and nicknamed the Defender of Medina, was a Turkish career officer, who was the commander of the Ottoman Army and governor of Medina from 1916 to 1919. He was also nicknamed "The Lion of the Desert" and "The Tiger of the Desert"[3] by the British and Arabs for his patriotism in Medina[4][2] and is known for defending Medina in the Siege of Medina during World War I.[5]

  1. ^ a b Harp Akademileri Komutanlığı, Harp Akademilerinin 120 Yılı, İstanbul, 1968, p. 19. (in Turkish)
  2. ^ a b Defence Of Medina Archived 9 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine, İsmail Bilgin, ISBN 975-263-496-6, Timas Publishing Group.
  3. ^ a b S. Tanvir Wasti
    The defence of Medina, 1916–19, Middle Eastern Studies
    Vol. 27, No. 4 (Oct., 1991), Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. pp. 642-653
  4. ^ "President, opposition continue reaction to UAE FM's retweet targeting Turks, Ottomans". DailySabah. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Fahreddin Pasha: Ottoman officer who defended the holy lands with all he had". Daily Sabah. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

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