Yakup Şevki Subaşı

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Yakup Şevki Subaşı
1312-P. 5[1]
Born1876 (1876)
Harput, Ottoman Empire
Died20 December 1939(1939-12-20) (aged 62–63)
Istanbul, Turkey
Buried
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
 Turkey
Years of serviceOttoman Empire: 1896–1920
Turkey: 1921–1926
RankGeneral
Commands heldBosporus Fortified Area Command, 19th Division, III Corps (deputy), XV Corps (deputy), XV Corps, XIV Corps, II Caucasian Corps, Ninth Army
Second Army, member of the Supreme Military Council
Battles/warsBalkan Wars
First World War
War of Independence

Yakup Şevki Subaşı (1876 in Harput – December 20, 1939 in Istanbul), also known as Yakub Shevki Pasha, was a general of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army. He participated in the Defense of Gallipoli during World War I and after the war, fought in the Turkish War of Independence.

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  1. ^ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 66. (in Turkish)