| Cevat Çobanlı 1307 (1891)-P. 4[1] |
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| Nickname | 18 Mart (5 Mart) Kahramanı (Hero of March 18) |
| Born | September 14, 1870 Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 13 March 1938 (aged 67) Istanbul, Turkey |
| Buried at | Erenköy Mezarlığı |
| Allegiance | Ottoman Empire Turkey |
| Years of service | Ottoman: 1891-1920 Turkey: January 15, 1922-September 14, 1935 |
| Rank | Birinci Ferik |
| Commands held | Dardanelles Fortified Area Command, XIV Corps, XV Corps, XIV Corps, VIII Corps, Second Army (deputy), Eighth Army, War Minister, Chief of the General Staff, El-Cezire Front, Third Army, member of the Supreme Military Council |
| Battles/wars | Italo-Turkish War Balkan Wars First World War War of Independence |
Cevat Çobanlı (September 14, 1870[2] or 1871 – March 13, 1938[1]) was a military commander of the Ottoman Army, War Minister (Harbiye Nazırı) of the Ottoman Empire and a general of Turkish Army.
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Cevat was born on September 14, 1870 or in 1871 in Sultanahmet (Istanbul, Ottoman Empire) to mother Emine Hanım and father Müşir Şakir Pasha.
After graduating from Galatasaray High School, he entered Harbiye Mektibi (Mekteb-i Fünûn-u Harbiyye-i Şâhâne) in 1888. He completed the military school as the fourth of the class on 1891 and joined the Ottoman military as an Infantry Second Lieutenant (Mülâzım-ı Sani).[1] And he continued to study in the War Academy (Staff College, Mekteb-i Erkân-ı Harbiye-i Şâhâne), present day: Harp Akademisi) and in 1892, he was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant (Mülâzım-ı Evvel).[1] In 1894, he graduated from Academy as a Staff Captain (Erkân-ı Harp Yüzbaşısı) and started to serve for the General Staff of Palace (Maiyet-i Seniyye Erkân-ı Harbiyesi) as an aide-de-camp of Sultan.[3]
He was one of the Malta exiles.
Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı, painter Aliye Berger, and Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid were his nephews and niece.
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