In what army is Mehmetçik slang for a common a common soldier?
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Mehmetçik Mehmetçik (literally: Little Mehmet) is a general term used affectionately to refer soldiers of the Ottoman Army and Turkish Army. It is the Turkish equivalent of "Tommy Atkins" for the British Army, "Doughboy" or G.I. of the United States Army, "Digger" of the Australian Army and the New Zealand Army or Johnny Reb for Confederate soldiers in the American Civil War. Although it is used for especially infantryman (foot soldier), terms such like Piyade Mehmetçik (Infantryman Little Mehmet) and Süvari Mehmetçik (Cavalryman Little Mehmet), Topçu Mehmetçik (Artilleryman Little Mehmet) have rarely been seen.
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Tommy Atkins Tommy Atkins (often just Tommy) is slang for a common soldier in the British Army. It was certainly well established during the nineteenth century, but is particularly associated with World War I. It can be used as a term of reference, or as a form of address. German soldiers would call out to "Tommy" across no man's land if they wished to speak to a British soldier. French and Commonwealth troops would also call British soldiers "Tommies". In more recent times, the term Tommy Atkins has been used less frequently, although the name "Tom" is occasionally still heard, especially with regard to paratroopers.
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Uštipci Uštipci (, ] ) are doughnut-like fried dough balls popular in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia where they are known as "miške".
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Chataldja Army The Chataldja Army or Çatalca Army of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: "Çatalca Ordusu") was one of the field armies of the Ottoman Army. It was formed after Ottoman retreat to the Chataldja line during the First Balkan War. It confronted Bulgarian forces. It was organized from units of dissolved First Eastern Army and Second Eastern Army on November 7, 1912.
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Ottoman Turkish language Ottoman Turkish , or the Ottoman language (‎ , "Lisân-ı Osmânî" , also known as تركجه‎ , "Türkçe" or تركی‎ , "Türkî" , "Turkish"), is the variety of the Turkish language that was used in the Ottoman Empire. It borrows, in all aspects, extensively from Arabic and Persian, and it was written in the Ottoman Turkish alphabet. During the peak of Ottoman power, Persian and Arabic vocabulary accounted for up to 88% of its vocabulary, while words of Arabic origins heavily outnumbered native Turkish words.
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Njazi Azemi Njazi Ramush Azemi (16 June 1970 – 26 March 2001) was an Albanian soldier of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and later Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (UÇPMB), best known for his support in the Kosovo war. During the war, he had the nickname "Komandant Mjekrra" ("Commander Beard" in English). He was part of Brigade 115 "Karadaku", which was later renamed Brigade 115 "Njazi Azemi" following his death.
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Order of the Medjidie Medjidie or Mejidie (Turkish: "Mecidiye Nişanı" , August 29, 1852 – 1922) is the name of a military and knightly order of the Ottoman Empire. The Order was instituted in 1851 by Sultan Abdülmecid I.
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Seferberlik Safarbarlik, also written Safarberlik, Seferberlik, Seferbarlik, (Arabic سفربرلك) is the conscription practice used during the wars that the Ottoman government entered during the later phases of the Ottoman Empire during the early 20th century: the Balkan war in 1912-1913 and World War I from 1914-1918.
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Mehmet Arif Şenerim Mehmet Arif Şenerim (1877–1951) was a Turkish military leader active during the Balkan Wars, the First World War, and the Turkish War of Independence.
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Turks in Afghanistan Turks in Afghanistan are Turkish people who live in Afghanistan. The majority are recent arrivals and are involved in ISAF operations, construction companies or humanitarian aid projects. The Turkish army was one of the first of the ISAF forces to use civilian projects to redevelop areas of central Afghanistan. Some economic ties exist between Turkey and Uzbek people in Northern-Afghanistan and there are Turkish police trainers in Wardak, in the east of the country.
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1st Commando Brigade (Turkey) The 1st Commando Brigade (Turkish: "1. Komando Tugayı" ) is a brigade of the Turkish Army, located in Kayseri. Founded as a paratrooper brigade, later it was restructured as a ground force. The 1st Commando Brigade contains special forces teams from other commando brigades like Hakkari Mountain and Commando Brigade. Although formally being a paratrooper brigade Parachuting and para-warfare training is still given in this brigade to every one of its troops, including the special forces Gendarmerie Special Operations Command team within its brigade.
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Vatnik (slang) Vatnik (Russian: ватник , ""cotton-padded jacket"") or vatnyk (Belarusian: ватнік , Ukrainian: ватник ), both a derivative of and often shortened to vata (Russian: вата , Ukrainian: вата , ""batting"", usually used in plural) are derogatory social slang neologisms in Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian languages, and an internet meme used in Russia and to Russians. Its meaning is to disparage someone as a blindly patriotic and not very smart Russian. "Put simply, the vatnik is representative of a certain archetypical Russian who slavishly supports the regime out of fear, hatred of others, or most often a combination of both." The mentality of a vatnik is called vatnost.
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VIII Corps (Ottoman Empire) The VIII Corps of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: "8 nci Kolordu" "or" "Sekizinci Kolordu") was one of the corps of the Ottoman Army. It was formed in the early 20th century during Ottoman military reforms.
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Third Army (Turkey) The Turkish Third Army is a field army of the Turkish Army and is the country's largest army .
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Landwehr Landwehr, or Landeswehr, is a German language term used in referring to certain national armies, or militias found in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Europe. In different context it refers to large-scale, low-strength fortifications. In German, the word means "defence of the country"; but the term as applied to an insurrectional militia is very ancient, and "lantveri" are mentioned in "Baluzii Capitularia", as quoted in Hallam's "Middle Ages", i. 262, 10th edition.
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Öküz Mehmet Pasha Complex Öküz Mehmet Pasha Complex (Turkish: "Öküz Mehmet Paşa Külliyesi" ) is a külliye (building complex) in Ulukışla, Turkey. (It is also called Öküz Mehmet Pasha Caravanserai ). According to Ulukışla municipality page the name Ulukışla refers to the complex. In the past a part of the complex was used as military barracks (Turkish: "kışla" ) and the Ulukışla citizens called the complex Ulukışla ("Great barracks") which eventually became the name of the settlement.
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Salk A salk (English: fireteam ) is a small military unit led by a senior soldier that is subordinate to an infantry squad. "Salk" is bigger than a lahingpaar ("fire and maneuver team") but smaller than a jagu ("squad"). It is also one of the smallest military formation among the Estonian Ground Force infantry units.
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Fourth Army (Ottoman Empire) The Fourth Army of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: "Dördüncü Ordu") was one of the field armies of the Ottoman Army. It was formed in the middle nineteenth century, during Ottoman military reforms.
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Kuva-yi Milliye Kuva-yi Milliye (Ottoman Turkish: "قواي ملّيه", "Kuvâ-yi Milliye" meaning either "National Forces" or "Nationalist Forces" in Ottoman Turkish) refers to the irregular Turkish militia forces in the early period of the Turkish War of Independence. These irregular forces emerged after the occupation of the parts of Turkey by the Allied forces in accordance with the Armistice of Mudros. Later, "Kuva-yi Milliye" was integrated to the regular army ("Kuva-yi Nizamiye") of the Grand National Assembly. Some historians call this period (1918–20) of the Turkish War of Independence the "Kuva-yi Milliye phase".
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Koçer Koçer is a Turkish surname. The origin of the word is Turkish. The word consists of "Koç for ram" and "er for man, soldier". So "Koçer" means the brave man or soldier.
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Little green men (Ukrainian crisis) Little green men (Russian: зелёные человечки "zelyonye chelovechki", Ukrainian: зелені чоловічки "zeleni cholovichki") refers to masked soldiers in unmarked green army uniforms and carrying modern Russian military weapons and equipment that appeared during the Ukrainian crisis of 2014. The term was first used during the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, when those soldiers occupied and blockaded the Simferopol International Airport, most military bases in Crimea, and the parliament in Simferopol. They are also known as Polite People (Russian: вежливые люди "vezhlivye lyudi", Ukrainian: ввічливі люди "vvichlyvi lyudy"), because they behaved peacefully and practically didn't interfere with the daily activities of the residents.
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Çerkes Ethem Çerkes Ethem (Turkish for "Ethem the Circassian"; 1886 – 21 September 1948) was a Turkish militia leader of Circassian origin who initially gained fame for fighting against the Allied powers invading Anatolia in the aftermath of World War I and afterwards during the Turkish War of Independence.