Enver Pasha

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Enver Pasha was an Ottoman military officer and leading member of the Young Turks who served as Minister of War during World War I and played a central role in the late Ottoman Empire’s politics and military campaigns.

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instanceOf Ottoman military officer
Young Turk leader
human
politician
afterWWIActivity attempt to lead pan-Turkic uprising in Central Asia
exile in Germany
involvement with Bolsheviks in Soviet Russia
alliance Austro-Hungarian Empire NERFINISHED
German Empire
alsoKnownAs Enver Bey
İsmail Enver Pasha
birthDate 1881-11-22
birthPlace Istanbul
Ottoman Empire
causeOfDeath killed in battle
countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
deathDate 1922-08-04
deathPlace Baldzhuan
Emirate of Bukhara
education Ottoman Military Academy
Ottoman Military College
fullName İsmail Enver
gender male
ideology Turkish nationalism
pan-Islamism
pan-Turkism
languageSpoken Ottoman Turkish
Turkish
mannerOfDeath killed by Red Army forces
memberOf Committee of Union and Progress
Young Turks
militaryRank general
pasha
notableFor central role in Ottoman entry into World War I
command of the Caucasus Campaign
involvement in the Armenian genocide
leadership in the Ottoman military during World War I
leading role in the Young Turk Revolution of 1908
planning the Battle of Sarikamish
role in the ethnic cleansing of Assyrians and Greeks in the Ottoman Empire
participatedIn Balkan Wars
Caucasus Campaign
Central Powers war effort
Gallipoli Campaign (as Ottoman high command member)
Ottoman countercoup of 1909 (suppression)
World War I
Young Turk Revolution
positionHeld Minister of War of the Ottoman Empire
de facto commander-in-chief of the Ottoman army
member of the Ottoman Chamber of Deputies
relativeByMarriage Sultan Mehmed V
religion Islam
spouse Naciye Sultan
spouseOf a member of the Ottoman imperial family


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