Enver Pasha

Ismail Enver Pasha was an Ottoman military officer and a leader of the 1908 Young Turk Revolution. He became the main leader of the Ottoman Empire in both the Balkan Wars and in World War I . In the course of his career he was known by increasingly elevated titles as he rose through military ranks, including Enver Efendi , Enver Bey , and finally Enver Pasha, pasha being the honorary title Ottoman military officers gained on promotion to the rank of Mirliva.

Enver was born in Istanbul onNovember 1881. Envers father, Ahmed , was either a bridgekeeper in Monastir or a small town public prosecutor in the Balkans and his mother Aye an Gajal peasant. His uncle was Halil Pasha . Enver had two younger brothers, Nuri and Mehmed Kamil, and two younger sisters, Hasene and Mediha. He studied for different degrees in military schools in the empire and ultimately graduated from the Harp Akademisi with distinction in 1903. He became a Major in 1906. He was sent to the Third Army, which was stationed in Salonica. During his service in the city, he became a member of the Committee of Union and Progress .

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