Nureddin Pasha

Nureddin İbrahim Konyar
Nickname(s)Sakallı Nureddin ('Bearded Nureddin')
Born1873
Bursa, Ottoman Empire
Died18 February 1932 (aged 58–59)
Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey
Buried
Beylerbeyi Küplüce Mezarlığı[1][2][3]
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
 Turkey
Service / branch Ottoman Army
 Turkish Land Forces
Years of serviceOttoman Empire: 1893–1919
Turkey: July 1920 – January 1925
RankLieutenant general
Commands4th Division, Iraq Area Command (Governor of Basra, Baghdad), 9th Corps, Muğla and Antalya Area Command, 21st Corps, 17th Corps, 25th Corps, Aidin Area Command (Governor of Aidin Vilayet), Central Army, 1st Army
Battles / wars
Other workMember of the GNAT (Bursa)

Nureddin Ibrahim Pasha (Turkish: Nurettin Paşa, Nureddin İbrahim Paşa; 1873 – 18 February 1932), known as Nureddin İbrahim Konyar from 1934, was a Turkish military officer who served in the Ottoman Army during World War I and in the Turkish Army during the Western Front of the Turkish War of Independence. He was called Bearded Nureddin (Turkish: Sakallı Nurettin) because being the only high-ranking Turkish officer during the Turkish War of Independence sporting a beard. He is known as one of the most important commanders of the war. He ordered several murders and massacres.

  1. ^ Mehmet Nermi Haskan, Yüzyıllar Boyunca Üsküdar, vol. 3, Üsküdar Belediyesi, 2001, ISBN 975-97606-3-0, p. 1365. (in Turkish)
  2. ^ "İbrahim Paşa Köşkü" Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Üsküdar Belediyesi official site. (in Turkish)
  3. ^ Necati Fahri Taş, Nureddin Paşa ve Tarihî Gerçekler, Nehir Yayınları, 1997, ISBN 975-551-150-4, p. 196. (in Turkish)