Mustafa Muğlalı (1882 – 11 December 1951) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army. He served as an officer in World War I and the Turkish War of Independence.[2] As a General of the Third Army, he took part in the defense of Diyarbakır during the Sheikh Said Rebellion in 1925.[2]
 Mustafa Muğlalı | |
| Born | 1882 Muğla, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 11 December 1951 (aged 69) Gülhane Military Hospital, Ankara, Turkey |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance |  Ottoman Empire Turkey |
| Years of service | Ottoman: 1901–1921 Turkey: 20 September 1921 – 26 July 1947 |
| Rank | Orgeneral |
| Commands | Chief of Staff of Adana Area Command, Chief of Staff of the X Corps, 44th Division 18th Division, 13th Division, 10th Division, 3rd Division, 11th Division, 41st Division, Chief of Staff of the Third Army, Deputy Second Chief of the General Staff, 57th Division, I Corps, Istanbul Command, III Corps, X Corps, member of the Supreme Military Council, Third Army, member of the Military Supreme Council |
| Known for | Muğlalı incident |
| Battles / wars | Balkan Wars First World War Turkish War of Independence |
33 Bullets Incident
editIn 1943, Muğlalı ordered the execution of 33 alleged Kurdish smugglers, an event known as the Muğlalı incident. One of the villagers survived. In 1948, the incident was brought to the attention of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, as potential criminal charges were discussed. On 1 September 1949, Muğlalı was arrested and charged over the incident. In February 1950, a Turkish military court found him guilty of murder and sentenced him to death.[3] However, due to Muğlalı's old age and other extenuating circumstances, such as his dementia, his sentence was later commuted to 20 years in prison.[4] He died in the Gülhane Military Hospital in Ankara while awaiting a final decision from the Supreme Court.[5]
Karahan village
edit6 Kurdish villagers were extrajudicially executed by General Mustafa Muğlalı. This was the second massacre of Muğlalı, with the possibility of more uncovered massacres having been committed.[6]
See also
editSources
edit- ^ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 134. (in Turkish)
- ^ a b Üngör, Umut. "Young Turk social engineering: mass violence and the nation state in eastern Turkey, 1913- 1950" (PDF). University of Amsterdam. p. 233. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ Özgen. "The Ideology of Selective Forgetting. How a Political Massacre is Remembered in Turkey: The '33 Bullets Incident'".
- ^ Harris, George S. (1965). "The Role of the Military in Turkish Politics". The Middle East Journal. 19 (1): 65. JSTOR 4323815.
- ^ Aras, Ramazan (2013). The Formation of Kurdishness in Turkey: Political Violence, Fear and Pain. Routledge. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-134-64871-9.
- ^ "Muğlalı'nın gizli kalan ikinci 33 Kurşun Katliamı".
External links
edit- Van military barracks no longer named after controversial general, 2011-11-04, todayszaman.com.