Zeki Pasha
Zeki Pasha (Turkish: Zeki Paşa; 1862–1943), known as Mehmet Zeki Baraz Kolaç Kılıçoğlu after the 1934 Surname Law, was an Ottoman Balkan Wars and World War I field marshal of the Ottoman Army. He was of Circassian descent.
Zeki Pasha 1299 (1883) Sv. | |
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Zeki Pasha, in January 1918. | |
| Nickname(s) | Halepli Zeki (Zeki from Aleppo) |
| Born | 1862 Aleppo, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1943 (aged 80–81) Istanbul, Turkey |
| Allegiance | Ottoman Empire |
| Service/ | Ottoman Army |
| Years of service | 1883–1923 |
| Rank | Field marshal |
| Commands held | Vardar Army, 2nd Army, 4th Army |
| Battles/wars | Greco-Turkish War (1897) Italo-Turkish War Balkan Wars World War I |
| Other work | Private representative of Sultan Mehmed V in Berlin |
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