Mareşal (Turkey)

Template:Short description Template:Expand Turkish Template:Refimprove Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox military rank (Template:Translation) is the highest rank in the Turkish Land Forces and Turkish Air Force.Template:Sfn It is the equivalent of a field marshal in other countries.Template:Sfn

The rank of can trace its origins to the Ottoman Empire, where the rank of Mushir (Template:Langx) was bestowed upon senior commanders upon order of the ruling Sultan.

The word in Latin, had parts from the old-German words meaning horse and servant.

The rank of Mareşal can only be bestowed by the National Assembly, and only given to a general who leads an army, and/or air force with an extraordinary success in battle gaining a victory over the enemy.

The corresponding rank in the Turkish Navy is .Template:Sfn

List of Turkish Marshals

Only two people were bestowed the rank to date, both for their successes in the Turkish War of Independence.

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Date of promotion	For	Office	Ref.
1	File:Müşir Mustafa Kemal, Ankara, 1925.png	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938)	19 September 1921	Battle of Sakarya	Commander-in-chief of the Army of the GNA (1921–1922)
2	File:Mareşal Fevzi Çakmak.jpg	Fevzi Çakmak (1876–1950)	31 August 1922	Battle of Dumlupınar	Commander-in-chief of the Army of the GNA (1921–1922) Chief of the Turkish General Staff (1923–1944)

See also

• Military ranks of Turkey
• Military ranks of the Ottoman Empire
• List of field marshals of the Ottoman Empire