Abdul Kerim Pasha
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Nickname(s) | Öpelimi |
Born | 1872 Salonica, Salonica Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 16 October 1923 Constantinople, Turkey |
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Years of service | until 1922 |
Rank | Lieutenant general |
Commands held | XI Corps, Right Wing of the Third Army, Third Army (deputy), General Rearguard, XX Corps, Third Army, delegate to Georgia (Tiflis), member of the First Board of the Military Appeal Court, member of the First Court-martial, president of the First Court-martial |
Battles/wars | Italo-Turkish War Balkan Wars First World War |
Abdul Kerim Pasha (Turkish: Abdülkerim Paşa; born 1872 and died January 16, 1923[1]), also known as Abdülkerim Öpelimi, was an Ottoman commander on the Caucasus front of World War I.
Career[]
Abdul Kerim Pasha's first battle was when the Russian general Oganovski launched an offense into the hills west of Manzikert, in 1915. Abdul Kerim Pasha counterattacked against the Russians and defeated Oganovski at the Battle of Manzikert, and captured the town of Manzikert. However Nikolai Yudenich, replaced Oganovski, as Russian commander, and counterattacked, re-taking Manzikert.
Yudenich ordered a retreat from Manzikert, as he was outnumbered by Abdul Kerim Pasha's army, and Kerim pursued. Yudenich defeated Kerim at the Battle of Kara Killisse. Pasha retreated back to Manzikert.
In February 1916, Kerim suffered a major defeat at the Battle of Erzurum. After the battle, Kerim was removed from his position as commander.
In December 1916, he was shortly reinstated as commander of the XX Corps, which was sent to support Bulgaria and Germany on the Salonika Front, but already in May 1917, the force was dismantled and recalled to Mesopotamia, where the troops were urgently needed.
Abdul Kerim was married to Mevedet Vlora, the older daughter of Ismail Qemal Bej Vlora.[2]
Sources[]
- ^ Hülya Toker, Nurcan Fidan, Birinci Dünya Savaşı'na katılan Alay ve Daha Üst Kademedeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genelkurmay Basım Evi, 2009, ISBN 978-975-409-493-0, p. 137. (in Turkish)
- ^ Sara Blloshmi – kurtizane apo agjente e Mbretit Zog? (in Albanian)
- 1872 births
- 1923 deaths
- Military personnel from Thessaloniki
- Ottoman Military Academy alumni
- Ottoman Military College alumni
- Ottoman Army generals
- Ottoman military personnel of the Italo-Turkish War
- Ottoman military personnel of the Balkan Wars
- Ottoman military personnel of World War I