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unusual facts about Ottoman Army



Battle of Valea Albă

It took place at Războieni, also known as Valea Albă, on July 26, 1476, between the Moldavian army of Ştefan cel Mare and an invading Ottoman army which was commanded personally by the Sultan Mehmed II.

Cevat Abbas Gürer

Cevat Abbas Gürer also known as Mehmet Cevat Abbas Bey (1887; Niş (Niš) - July 4, 1943; Yalova) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and Turkish Army.

Ioannis Velissariou

He is considered to have had a decisive role in the Battle of Bizani during the First Balkan War (1912–1913), forcing the Ottoman Army to surrender unconditionally.

Kosta Pećanac

Pećanac took part in the Chetnik action against the Ottoman army and fought in numerous areas including Šuplja Stena (near Pčinja) and the village of Čelopek.

Tekin Arıburun

His father is Hüseyin Avni who was the commander of legendary 57th Regiment in Gallipoli Campaign in 1915 during World War I.


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Al-Mazraa

During the Druze revolt against the Ottomans to protest consctiption into the Ottoman army, the Ottoman general Mustafa Pasha led his army to al-Mazraa where he faced the forces of Ismail al-Atrash, the Druze chieftain.

Arkadi Monastery

The Ottoman army then turned toward Roustika, where Mustafa spent the night in the monastery of the prophet Elie, while his army camped in the villages of Roustika and Aghios Konstantinos.

Azab

Azap or Azab, irregular light infantry of the Ottoman Army

Battle of Ulaş

The Habsburg army was besieging Temesvar, but when the Ottoman army crossed the Danube the siege was lifted and both armies met near the Bega River on August 26.

Bekir Sami Bey

Bekir Sami Günsav (1879-1934), officer of the Ottoman Army and a commander of the Turkish War of Independence

Cavit

Cavit Erdel (1884-1933), military officer of the Ottoman Army and Turkish Army general

Constantine I of Greece

At this point, his first clash with Venizelos occurred, as Constantine desired to press north, towards Monastir, where the bulk of the Ottoman army lay, and where the Greeks would rendezvous their Serb allies.

Constantine XI Palaiologos

Confronting the Byzantine forces was an Ottoman army numbering many times that, backed by state-of-art siege equipment provided by a very competent Hungarian arms maker named Orban.

İsmail Hakkı

İsmail Hakkı Bey (1883-1923), officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army

İvaz Mehmet Pasha

On July 21, 1739, he commanded the Ottoman army in the Battle of Grocka where he defeated the Austrians, commanded by Count of Wallis.

Jovan Radonjić

In 1796, Mahmut Pasha Bušatlija, ruler of the Pashalik of Scutari, took an Ottoman army in a military operation against the rebellious Montenegrin tribes: Bjelopavlici and Piper.

Mehmet Arif

Mehmet Arif Bey: "Ayıcı Arif" (1882-1926) military officer of the Ottoman Army and a commander of the Turkish War of Independence.

Mehmet Arif Örgüç: "Hacı Arif" (1876-1940) military officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish army.

Mehmet Arif Şenerim: (1877-1951) military officer of the Ottoman Army and a commander of the Turkish War of Independence.

Mesopotamian campaign

The main Ottoman army, under the overall command of Khalil Pasha was located 275 miles north-west around Baghdad.

Osman Nuri

Osman Nuri Koptagel (1874–1942), officer of the Ottoman Army and general of the Turkish Army

Radič Božić

Although he was sick and old, he defeated an Ottoman band at Petrovaradin in 1526, then participated in the Battle of Mohács, as well as destroying an Ottoman Army department at Titel after the battle.

Saint Christopher

According to church tradition, a bishop waved the relics from the city wall in 1358AD in order to end a siege of the city by an Ottoman army.

San Bartolomeo, Milan

The prior church had an iconic painting of the Madonna del Buon Aiuto (Our Lady of Good Help), originally attributed to Lucas Cranach, donated by Countess Teresa Gordone Serbelloni when the Ottoman army was nearing the siege of Vienna.

Second Siege of Missolonghi

The Ottoman army arrived before Missolonghi and began the siege on 20 September with a bombardment of Aitoliko, an island which controlled the seaways of the Missolonghi lagoon.

Southern Palestine Offensive

The Ottoman Army in Palestine commanded of Marshal Erich von Falkenhayn was nearly 50,000 strong, while General Allenby’s EEF was 76,000 strong.

Vrana Konti

After his participation in the Ottoman loss at Niš (November 1443), Skanderbeg deserted the Ottoman army and rushed to Albania along with 300 other Albanians.