The Birth of Modern Turkey: The Ottoman Military and the March to World War I 9780755612369, 9781850437970

The guide and mentor to the Ottoman military was Imperial Germany as the military developed its version of the Prussian

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NOTES ON USAGE

Military Ranks

Ottoman military ranks are given in English. Career patterns of Ottoman officers go as Captain (Yiizba�1), Adjutant-Major (K.olagas1), Major (Binba�1), Lieutenant-Colonel (Kaymakam), Colonel (Miralay), Major­ General (Mirliva), Lieutenant-General (Ferik), General (1. Ferik), Marshal (Mii�ir). Personal and Place Names

All Ottoman and modern Turkish names and titles are given in the modern Turkish spelling (e.g. Enver not 'Anwar, Mahmud $evket not Mahmoud Shawqat, Pa�a not Pasha). Family names introduced in 1934 are given in parentheses when necessary (e.g. Mustafa Kemal (Atatiirk), Ahmed izzet (Furga