Kâzım Dirik

For other Kâzım Pasha, see Kâzım Pasha (disambiguation).

Mehmet Kâzım Dirik 1315-P. 87[1]
Born	December 0, 1881(1881-12-00) Monastir (Bitola), Ottoman Empire
Died	3 July 1941(1941-07-03) (aged 60) Edirne, Turkey
Buried at	State Cemetry
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire  Turkey
Years of service	Ottoman: 1900-1919 Turkey: May 1919-September 24, 1928
Rank	Korgeneral
Commands held	Inspector of the Rear Area of the Second Army, Inspector of the Rear Area of the Fourth Army, 43th Division, 7th Division, 56th Division, 49th Division, Inspector of the Rear Area in Batumi Chief of the General Staff of the Ninth Army, Erzurum Fortified Area Command, XV Corps (deputy), Representative of TBMM government to Georgia, Inspector of the Rear Area of Western Anatolia, General Directorate of Shipping and Transportation, 2nd Division
Battles/wars	Italo-Turkish War Balkan Wars First World War War of Independence
Other work	Deputy Governor of the Bitlis Province, Governor of the Bitlis Province, Governor of the Izmir Province, General Inspector of the Trakya Inspectorate-General

Kâzım Dirik (1881; Monastir (Bitola) - July 3, 1941; Edirne) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army.

See also

• List of high-ranking commanders of the Turkish War of Independence

Sources

1. ^ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademlerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 114. (Turkish)

External links

• Bilal N. Şimşir, "Cumhuriyetin İlk Çeyrek Yüzyılında Türk Diplomatik Temsilcilikleri ve Temsilcileri (1920-1950)", Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi Dergisi, Sayı 64-65-66, Cilt: XXII, Mart-Temmuz-Kasım 2006. (Turkish) Media related to Kâzım Dirik at Wikimedia Commons

Persondata
Name	Dirik, Mehmet Kazim
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1881
Place of birth	Bitola, Ottoman Empire
Date of death	July 3, 1941
Place of death	Edirne, Turkey