This military leader saw his death leading insurgents during the revolt of the Basmachi in Bukhara.
This military leader saw his death leading insurgents during the revolt of the Basmachi in Bukhara. He met Karl Radek after fleeing into exile in the wake of the Armistice of Mudros. He put himself in charge of the Third Army which was crushed at the Battle of Sarikamish, after first coming to power by joining the "Army of Deliverance" commanded by General Sevket. He then led the coup of January 23 organized by the Committee of Union and Progress, after which he become Minister of War as part of a triumvirate with Talaat and Djemal. It was during this time that he created the "Army of Islam" commanded by his half- brother Nuri. Dubbed the "hero of the revolution," he was famous for capturing Adrianople during the Balkan Wars and for leading the Young Turks, but he was eventually rebuffed by Kemal Ataturk. FTP, name this military general, or pasha, of Turkey for much of World War I.
This military leader saw his death leading insurgents during the revolt of the Basmachi in Bukhara.
{Enver} Pasha (or Ismail {Enver} or {Enver} Bey)