Hasan Izzet Pasha Hasan Izzet Pasha ( Turkish : " Hasan İzzet Paşa " , " Hasan İzzet Arolat " , 1871 ; Constantinople ( Istanbul ) – 3 March 1931 ) was a general of the Ottoman Empire . Early life . Hasan Izzet born in the 1871 to mother Süreyya Hanım and father Ali Muhsin Pasha in Aksaray neighborhood of Istanbul . He graduated from the Ottoman Military Academy ( " Mekteb - i Füsûn - u Harbiyye - i Şâhâne " ) in 1890 and the Staff College ( " Mekteb - i Erkân - ı Harbiye - i Şâhâne " , present day : Harp Akademisi ) on 23 March 1893 as a Staff Captain ( " Erkân - ı Harp Yüzbaşısı " ) . Military career . He was appointed to the fourth department of the General Staff by the order of Sultan Abdülhamid II on 14 April 1894 . On 7 May 1895 , he was promoted to the rank of Senior Captain ( " Kolağası " ) and on 12 May 1895 , he participated in the military staff excursion to Üsküp ( present day : Skopje ) . On 29 October 1896 , he was assigned the War Academy . 1897 Greco - Turkish War . On 21 April 1897 , he was promoted to the rank of Major ( " Binbaşı " ) and assigned service in the Alasonya Army ( " Alasonya Ordusu " ) , a field army will attack Elassona area . During 1897 Greco - Turkish War , he was assigned the 2nd Neşet Bey Division ( " İkinci Neşet Bey Fırkası " ) and took part in the Battle of Domokos ( " Dömeke Muharebesi " ) . On 17 July 1897 he was called bask to Istanbul and appointed in the commander of the Greek Border . Interwar period . And then he was appointed to the inspector of examination of Edirne Military High School ( " Edirne Askerî İdadisi " ) on 30 November 1897 and appointed to the teacher of tactics ( Artillery , Cavalry , Infantry ) of the War Academy on 21 March 1898 . He had been in Damascus for the inspection and examination of the Damascus Military High School ( " Şam Askerî İdadisi " ) . He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel ( " Kaymakam " ) on 2 October 1900 , to the rank of Colonel ( " Miralay " ) on 23 April 1905 . He was appointed to the fourth department of the General Staff on 26 March 1906 . He went to Romania to observe a military exercise and awarded with a 2nd class order by the Romanian government on 4 August 1907 . On 25 June 1908 , he was appointed to the member of the military tribunal that was established because of some important affairs . Then he was appointed to the commander of the 17th Division stationed in Siroz ( Serez , present day : Serres ) . 31 March Incident . After the 31 March Incident , he was commissioned commander as the commander of the Provisional Division of the Action Army in 1909 . On 2 July 1911 , he was appointed to the commander of the 1st Division under the command of the I Corps . Balkan Wars . During the First Balkan War , he went to Babaeski and was appointed the commander of the 9th Division by the order of the Eastern Army ( " Şark Ordusu " ) . He took part in battles at Petra ( present day : Kayalı village in the central district of Kırklareli Province ) on 9 – 10 October 1912 and Taştabya , Vize and Çatalca . He was promoted to the rank of Mirliva on 19 December 1912 . On 21 January 1913 , he was appointed the commander of the I Corps ( part of the left wing of the Çatalca Army ) by proxy . And then he was appointed the commander of the 18th Division on 6 March 1913 . During the Second Balkan War , he commanded the II Corps under the Çatalca Army commanded directly by Ahmet Izzet Pasha and took part in the advance to Adrianople . After the armistice , on 24 December 1913 , he was appointed to the commander of the III Corps . World War . After the 1914 mobilization of World War I , Sultan Mehmed V asked him to be the commander of the Third Army . He was the commander during Bergmann Offensive . He feared in the background of the ill and rapid changes in the Army leadership during the preparations for the Battle of Sarıkamış . He also opposed Enver Pasha to attack prematurely during Battle of Sarıkamış . He gave his post as commander of the Third Army on 18 December 1914 .