İzzettin Çalışlar explained

İzzettin Çalışlar
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Birth Place:Yanya (Ioannina), Janina Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (modern Greece)
Death Place:Istanbul, Turkey
Placeofburial:Edirnekapı Şehitliği
State Cemetery
Allegiance:
Turkey
Serviceyears:Ottoman: 1903–1920
Turkey: 1 July 1920 – 20 December 1939
Rank:General
Commands:Chief of Staff of Edirne Kalesi Command, Chief of Staff of the 19th Division, Chief of Staff of the XVI Corps, Chief of Staff of the Anafartalar Group, Chief of Staff of the Second Army, 4th division of the General headquarters
XX Corps (deputy), 23rd Division, 61st Division, 1st Group, I Corps, Military Governor of the Izmir Province, Third Army, Second Army
Battles:Balkan Wars
First World War
War of Independence
Laterwork:Member of the GNAT (Aydın)
Member of the GNAT (Muğla)
Member of the GNAT (Balıkesir)

İzzettin Çalışlar (1882 in Yanya (Ioannina), Janina Vilayet – 20 August 1951 in Istanbul) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. He is known for his achievements in the Gallipoli campaign of World War I. He later joined the forces of Mustafa Kemal and fought in the Turkish War of Independence. He also served as a politician and was a prominent member of the Kemalist movement.

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  1. T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 192.