Cavit Erdel Explained

Cavit Erdel
1317-P. 14[1]
Birth Place:Edirne, Adrianople Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Death Place:Ankara, Turkey
Placeofburial:State Cemetery
Allegiance:
Turkey
Serviceyears:Ottoman: 1902–1919
Turkey: 1919 – Mart 5, 1933
Rank:Mirliva
Commands:Chief of Staff of the 42nd Division, Chief of Staff of Chataldja Defense Line, Chief of Staff of the IX Corps, 17th Division (deputy), Chief of Staff of the I Caucasian Corps, 11th Caucasian Division
11th Caucasian Division, Kars Fortified Area Command, chief of the Personnel Bureau of the Ministry of National Defence, 7th Division, 16th Division, member of the Military Supreme Court
Battles:Italo-Turkish War
Balkan Wars
First World War
War of Independence
Laterwork:Member of the GNAT (Kars)

Cavit Erdel (1884 – 5 March 1933) was a military officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army.

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Notes and References

  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. 149.