Hamdi Pasha
Ahmed Hamdi Pasha was a Kurdish
A graduate of the Ottoman military academy,[1] he rose to the rank of divisional general and chief of general staff.[1] He was forced into early retirement by the Committee of Union and Progress, but continued to oppose them politically.[1]
British government documents describe Hamdi as one of the leading lights of the Kurdish movement.Society for the Elevation of Kurdistan including the prospect of an independent Kurdistan as a barrier to Bolsheviks progression into Mesopotamia.[3]
During the Turkish War of independence Hamdi went into exile to Greece and never returned, even after being offered amnesty and permission to return.[1][4] He was also known as Hamdi the ostentatious.[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0313379567.
- ISBN 089093603X.
- ^ "Belleten, Issues 221-222". Türk Tarih Kurumu Basimevi: 188.
- ISBN 978-3863095512.