Kölemen Abdullah Pasha

Abdullah Pasha or Abdullah Kölemen (1846–1937) was an Ottoman general in the First Balkan War, notable as the Ottoman commander in the Battle of Kirk Kilisse in 1912, the Battle of Lule Burgas, and the Battle of Adrianople (1913) in which the Ottoman forces were defeated by the Bulgarians.[1]

Abdullah Kölemen
Kölemen Abdullah Pasha, 1912
Born1846
Selanik, Ottoman Empire
Died1937 (aged 91)
İzmir, Turkey
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
Service/branch Ottoman Army
Years of service18811913
RankGeneral
Commands held4th Army
Anatolia Garp Army
The Eastern Army in Eastern Thrace
Battles/warsGreco-Turkish War
First Balkan War
Awards Imtiyaz Medal
Other workMinister of Defence of the Ottoman Empire

He was the Minister of War (Turkish: Harbiye Nazırı) of the Ottoman Empire for 38 days between 11 November and 19 December 1918 in the cabinet of Ahmed Tevfik Pasha. He later resigned from the cabinet and joined the Turkish War of Independence where he fought against the Greeks in Smyrna. He died in 1937 in İzmir.

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