Hayrullah Fişek Explained

Hayrullah Fişek
Nationality:Ottoman, Turkish
Order:Turkish Army
Office2:Undersecretary for the Ministry of National Defence
Birth Date:3 June 1885
Birth Place:Kalkandelen, Ottoman Empire
(currently Tetovo, North Macedonia)
Death Date:13 July 1975 (aged 90)
Death Place:Ankara, Turkey
Allegiance:Ottoman Empire, Turkey
Rank:Major general
Battles:First Balkan War
Second Balkan War
World War I
Caucasus Campaign
Battle of Sakarya
Awards:Turkish Medal of Independence
Order of the Medjidie
Laterwork:Diplomacy

General Hayrullah Fişek (1885–1975) was a career officer in the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army (Captain, Ottoman War Academy, 1904 - rtd. 1945, Major-General (Mirliva)[1] Undersecretary for the Ministry of National Defence).

Life

Hayrullah Fişek, born to an ethnic Albanian family in Kalkandelen (now Tetovo, North Macedonia), was a senior officer in the Ottoman Army. Hayrullah was given the name Fişek, meaning cartridge in Turkish. Hayrullah Fişek was a direct descendant of Süleyman Aga "Fişekçi" (born around 1775 in Kalkandelen), the founder of the Fişek family of Albanian descent.

His parents were Hafiz Süleyman Efendi (1849 Kalkandelen – 1894 Balıkesir), a Land Registry Officer and Fatma Hanko (1847 Kalkandelen –1930 Istanbul), Sheikh Mustafa Ruhi Efendi's daughter.[2] He was of Albanian descent.

Military career

He entered the Ottoman Military College in 1901. He completed the Military Academy as the seventh of the class in 1904 (1320-P.7) and joined the Ottoman military as an Infantry Second Lieutenant (Mülazım-ı Sani). In 1906, he entered the Staff College and he graduated as a Distinguished Captain (Mümtaz Yüzbaşı).[3]

During the Turkish Independence War, he participated in the Battle of Sakarya as the chief of staff of the Provisional Corps (Mürettep Kolordu)[4] and he served as the chief of staff of XIV Corps, Kocaeli Group, III Corps with the rank of staff lieutenant colonel.[5] He also participated in battle at Balıkesir, Soma and Bandırma. He retired in 1946.[6]

Family

He had one sister named Hatice (1873–1902) and 3 brothers : Abdülhâmit Bey (1866–1917), a Finance officer, Nuri Bey (1878–1945), and Zekeriya Bey (1880–1932), both officers of the Turkish Army.

Hayrullah married Mukaddes Fişek (1891–1958) and they had two sons: Nusret Fişek M.D. (1914–1990), Undersecretary, Ministry of Health and Hicri Fişek (1918–2002), Professor of International Law.

References

  1. Mahmut Goloğlu, Cumhuriyete doğru, 1921-1922, Başnur Matbaası, p. 307.
  2. Book: Aux origines du nationalisme albanais: la naissance d'une nation . Nathalie Clayer. January 2007. KARTHALA Editions . 9782845868168. 21 February 2011. French.
  3. Harp Akademileri Komutanlığı, Harp Akademilerinin 120 Yılı, İstanbul, 1968, p. 37.
  4. Sabahattin Özel, Kocaeli ve Sakarya İllerinde Millî Mücadele (1919-1922), Adapazarı Belediyesi, 1987, p. 165.
  5. Web site: Kocatepe Zafer Yürüyüşü-Afyonkarahisar Kocatepe Üniversitesi . October 10, 2009 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20070526133250/http://www.zafer.aku.edu.tr/komutan1.htm . May 26, 2007 ., Afyon Kocatepe University
  6. Nusret Baycan, "Türk İstiklâl Harbinde Terfi veya Takdirname ile Taltif Edilen Subaylar", (Gnkur. ATASE Başkanlığı Arşivi, Dosya No. 2, 1320-P.3 : 1325-P.1587) p. 25.

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