Shevket Turgut Pasha

Shevket Turgut Pasha (Turkish: Şevket Turgut Paşa; 1857–1924) was an Ottoman army general with the rank of mirliva (major general),^[1] who also held the governmental title of pasha (lord). He went to the Prussian military school.^[2]

Biography

Albanian revolt of 1910

During the

Turgut announced an imperial decree that offered amnesty to inhabitants on 18 June 1911.[12] The terms outlined that rebels come back within ten days to hand over their weapons and a personal gift of 10,000 liras would be granted by the sultan for compensation of damages.^[13] For destroyed or lost property of the Malisors the government would give restitution.^[13] Malisor chieftains and their families had taken refuge in Montenegro to avoid Turgut and were visited by Ismail Qemali.^[13] At a gathering of the Malisors and Qemali they wrote the Greçë Memorandum calling for Albanian autonomy, ethno-linguistic rights and other measures.^[13] Signed by the Albanian delegates the memorandum also referred to the destruction done by Turgut in northern Albania and the document was a reply to the general's amnesty decree.^[13] Sultan Mehmed V signed an amnesty decree on 3 July 1911 and the rebels refused to come back due to their dislike of Turgut.^[14] The rebels held Turgut personally responsible and not the Ottoman government for what occurred in Albania.^[14] The Ottoman government recalled Turgut to Istanbul.^[14] Albanians were pleased with Turgut's departure viewing it as a humiliation for the general that had been decorated for his military campaign against the Albanian rebellion by the sultan and foreign ambassadors.^[14] Turgut was replaced by Abdullah Pasha.^[14]

See also

• Mahmud Shevket Pasha

References

• Fevzi Kurtoğlu (1935). Turgut Paşa. Sebat Matbaası.