Halit Karsıalan
1319-P. 257[1]
Born1883 (1883)
Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died14 February 1925(1925-02-14) (aged 41–42)
Ankara, Turkey
Buried
Edirnekapı Şehitliği-İstanbul-1925
State Cemetery, Ankara-1988
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
 Turkey
Years of serviceOttoman: 1903–1919
Turkey: 1919 – 14 February 1925
RankMirliva
Commands heldMürettep Teşkilat-ı Mahsusa Regiment, Independent Artvin Detachment, Çoruh Detachment, Western Dersim Area Command, 3rd Caucasian Division
9th Caucasian Division, Kocaeli Group, 12th Group, Kocaeli Group
Battles/warsItalo-Turkish War
First Balkan War
First World War
War of Independence
Other workMember of the GNAT (Ardahan)

Halit Karsıalan, commonly known as "Deli" Halid Pasha (1883 in Beshiktaș, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire – 14 February 1925) was a Turkish officer and politician.

After graduating from Military School in 1903, he joined the Ottoman Army as a lieutenant. He took his place in several military campaigns, starting from Yemen in 1908, the Italo-Turkish War in 1911 and the First Balkan War (1912-1913). Halit Bey was appointed to the Caucasus Front during the First World War. He led successful campaigns against the Russians in Kars, Sarikamis and Ardahan, however the Ottomans lost the war.

After the World War, Halit Bey joined Mustafa Kemal Ataturk for the Turkish Independence War. In the beginning, he served in the Eastern Front against the Armenians, but after the Gumru Agreement, he was sent to the Western Front against the Greeks. Due to his daringness and courage in the battlefield, he was nicknamed "Mad" (Deli). After the war, he was honored with the War of Independence Medal.

Halit Bey became Ardahan Deputy in the Turkish Grand National Assembly. However, he was shot on 9 February 1925 and died on 14 February. It was alleged that Ali Çetinkaya had shot him in the Turkish Parliament but the murder was not prosecuted[2] since attorneys claimed that it was self-defence.

Halit Karsıalan.

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References

  1. ↑ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 202. (in Turkish)
  2. ↑ Göçek, Fatma Müge (2015). Denial of Violence: Ottoman Past, Turkish Present, and Collective Violence Against the Armenians, 1789-2009. Oxford University Press. p. 311. ISBN 978-0-19-933420-9.

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