Nureddin İbrahim Konyar | |
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Nickname(s) | Sakallı Nureddin ('Bearded Nureddin') |
Born | 1873 Bursa, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 18 February 1932 (aged 58–59) Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey |
Buried | |
Allegiance | Ottoman Empire Turkey |
Service | Ottoman Army Turkish Land Forces |
Years of service | Ottoman Empire: 1893–1919 Turkey: July 1920 – January 1925 |
Rank | Lieutenant general |
Commands | 4th 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 work | Member 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.