Rüştü Pasha

Rüştü Pasha
1309-Top ( Artillery) 8^[1]
Rüştü Pasha; 1309-Top ( Artillery) 8
Born	1872; Erzurum, Ottoman Empire
Died	July 13, 1926 (aged 54); Izmir, Turkey
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire; Turkey
Years of service	Ottoman Empire: 1893–1919; Turkey: 1919 – July 13, 1926
Rank	Mirliva
Commands held	9th Caucasian Division; 3rd Caucasian Division, 9th Caucasian, IX Corps (deputy)
Battles/wars	Balkan Wars; World War I ; War of Independence
Other work	Member of the GNAT ( Erzurum)

Rüştü Pasha or Rushdi Pasha ( Turkish: Rüştü Paşa, 1872 – July 13, 1926) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. He became a leader of the Progressive Republican Party, being a member of its Central Administrative Committee.^[2] He was hanged for his involvement in the İzmir assassination attempt against Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk) in 1926.

Medals and decorations

^ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 29. (in Turkish)
^ Ahmad, Feroz (1991). Heper, Metin; Landau, Jacob M. (eds.). Political Parties and Democracy in Turkey. I.B. Tauris. p. 73. ISBN 1-85043300-3.

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Rüştü Pasha 1309-Top ( Artillery) 8^[1]

Born	1872 Erzurum, Ottoman Empire
Died	July 13, 1926(1926-07-13) (aged 54) Izmir, Turkey
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire Turkey
Years of service	Ottoman Empire: 1893–1919 Turkey: 1919 – July 13, 1926
Rank	Mirliva
Commands held	9th Caucasian Division 3rd Caucasian Division, 9th Caucasian, IX Corps (deputy)
Battles/wars	Balkan Wars World War I War of Independence
Other work	Member of the GNAT ( Erzurum)