Mustafa Muğlalı

Mustafa Muğlalı (1882, in Muğla – 11 December 1951, in Istanbul) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army.

Mustafa Muğlalı 1316-P. 21[1]
Mustafa Muğlalı
Born	1882 Muğla, Ottoman Empire
Died	11 December 1951(1951-12-11) (aged 68–69) Istanbul, Turkey
Buried	State Cemetery
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire  Turkey
Years of service	Ottoman: 1901–1921 Turkey: 20 September 1921 – 26 July 1947
Rank	Orgeneral
Commands held	Chief of Staff of Adana Area Command, Chief of Staff of the X Corps, 44th Division 18th Division, 13th Division, 10th Division, 3rd Division, 11th Division, 41st Division, Chief of Staff of the Third Army, Deputy Second Chief of the General Staff, 57th Division, I Corps, Istanbul Command, III Corps, X Corps, member of the Supreme Military Council, Third Army, member of the Military Supreme Council
Battles/wars	Balkan Wars First World War War of Independence

33 Bullets Incident

In 1943 he ordered the execution of 33 alleged Kurdish smugglers, an event known as the 33 Bullets Incident. One of the villagers survived. In 1949 Muğlalı was charged for the murders and sentenced to death. But later a court decided to lower the verdict to 20 years of imprisonment. He died in a military hospital in Ankara awaiting for a final sentence of the Supreme Court.[2]

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 Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 134. (in Turkish)
2. Aras, Ramazan (2013-11-12). The Formation of Kurdishness in Turkey: Political Violence, Fear and Pain. Routledge. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-134-64871-9.

External links

• Van military barracks no longer named after controversial general, 2011-11-04, todayszaman.com.

Military offices
Preceded by Kâzım Orbay	Inspector of the Third Army 25 February 1943 – 19 September 1945	Succeeded by Sabit Noyan