Cevat Cobanli was
one of the famous soldiers of the Ottoman Army and political leaders of Turkey. He was
born in Istanbul, in 1871. He graduated from the Academy of War, in 1894. He joined to the
Italian-Ottoman War and the Balkan Wars. During the First World War, he commanded the
Ottoman Forces in the Gallipoli and the Galichia Fronts.
After the First World War, Cevat Cobanli became the
Minister of War (1918-1919) he continued this duty until he was banished to Malta by the
British, in 1920.
After the declaration of the Republic, he was
elected as the Elazig Deputy of the new government, in 1923. In the same year, he was
designated as the commander of the Third Army Corps. He represented Turkey during the
negotiations of United Nation, on Iraq and Musul Questions. His became full general in
1926. He died in 1938.
