Mehmet Vehib Kaçı
(1914)
Mehmet Vehib Kaçı (known as Vehib Pascha ) (* 1877 in Yanya , Ottoman Empire , † June 13, 1940 in İstanbul ) was an Ottoman general.
Military training
The Vehib Paschas family originally comes from Tashkent . Vehib's father was the mayor of Yanya Mehmet Emin Efendi . Vehib Pascha was the younger brother of Esad Pascha .
Vehib graduated from Mühendishane-i Berr-i Hümayun in 1897 . In 1900 he graduated from the military academy with the rank of captain as the best of the 52nd grade.
He began his military service in the IV Army, which was stationed in Yemen . Vehib played an important role in securing peace in the rebellious Yemeni areas where the Ottoman army fought against the forces of Yahya Muhammad Hamid ad-Din . Vehib later became chief of staff of the Diyarbakır Division. After this post he was appointed to the high command of the IV Army, which was headed by Marshal Zeki Pasha.
After the events of March 31st, at the request of the commanders of the Hareket Ordusu and the Young Turks , he was summoned to the Ministry of Defense. After Mahmud Şevket Pasha became defense minister, Vehib Pasha became commander of the war schools in 1909 in order to end the chaotic situation. He held this post until 1912. Vehib Pasha modernized the war schools.
Balkan Wars
In 1912 Vehib was appointed fortification commander Yanya . Vehib was then subordinate to his older brother Esad Pasha, who was corps commander in Yanya. After the general mobilization was proclaimed on September 20, 1912, Yanya fell to the Greeks on February 20, 1913 under the leadership of Crown Prince Constantine . Vehib was imprisoned in Athens by the Greeks for nine months. After he was released from custody, he was promoted to colonel . He became the division commander of the 22nd Hejaz Division.
First World War
Vehib Pasha commanded in the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War the XV. Corps and later the II Army . Due to his success as an army commander, he was appointed commander of the III. Army on the Caucasus Front . The troops under his command were able to withstand the Russian attacks, but were defeated in the Battle of Erzincan . In 1918 the III. Army regroup and recapture Trabzon and Hopa on February 24th . On March 26, they also retook Batumi . After the armistice of Mudros , Vehib Pasha returned to Istanbul and fled to Italy after he was responsible for financial inconsistencies.
exile
Because he openly had no sympathy for the independence movement under Mustafa Kemal Ataturk , did not take part in the war and did not appear in Turkey until 1927, his citizenship was revoked on May 23, 1927. He spent the time of exile in Germany, Romania, Greece and Egypt.
Italo-Ethiopian War
Vehib Pascha was chief of staff of the Ethiopian commander of the southern front Ras Nasibu Emmanual during the Italo -Ethiopian War . His condolences caused quite a stir in the Turkish Foreign Ministry and in the press. Vehib Pascha formed a strong defensive line that became known in Ethiopia as the Hindenburg Line . During the Battle of Ogaden in April 1936, however, the Italians managed to break through the line with losses.
Vehib Pascha was allowed to return to Turkey in 1939 and died a short time later. Vehib Pasha is buried in the Karacaahmet Cemetery in İstanbul.
literature
- Fethi Tevetoğlu: KAÇI, Vehib Paşa , Türk Ansiklopedisi, Ankara, 1974
Individual evidence
- ↑ Abdullah Ilgazi, Mustafa Bıyıklı "Mehmet Vehip (Kaçi) Paşa'nın Çanakkale Muharebelerindeki Yeri ve Önemi", 2012, p. 116
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaçı, Mehmet Vehib |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ottoman general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yanya |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1940 |
| Place of death | Istanbul |