Wehib Pasha Vehib Pasha also known as Wehib Pasha , Vehip Pasha , Mehmed Wehib Pasha , Mehmet Vehip Pasha ( modern Turkish : " Kaçı Vehip Paşa " or " Mehmet Vehip ( Kaçı ) " , 1877 – 1940 ) , was a general in the Ottoman Army . He fought in the Balkan Wars and in several theatres of World War I . in his later years , he acted as a military advisor to the Ethiopian army in the Second Italo - Abyssinian War . Biography . Vehib was born in 1877 in Yanya ( present day : Ioannina ) , then part of the Ottoman Empire . Coming from a prominent family of the city his father , Mehmet Emin Efendi , had served as the mayor of the city . He was an Albanian . His elder brother Esad Pasha defended Gallipoli in 1915 , and Kâzım Taşkent was the founder of the Yapı Kredi that is the first nationwide private bank in Turkey . Vehib himself graduated from the Ottoman Imperial School of Military Engineering ( " Mühendishane - i Berrî - i Hümâyûn " ) in 1899 , and then graduated from the Ottoman War Collage ( Staff College , " Mekteb - i Erkân - ı Harbiye - i Şâhâne " ) as a staff captain and joined the Fourth Army , which was then stationed in Yemen . In 1909 , after the 31 March Incident , Vehib was called to Constantinople ( Istanbul ) , where he began to work at the Ministry of War . Shortly afterwards Mahmud Shevket Pasha appointed Vehib as the Commander of the Cadet School ( Military high school , " Askerî İdadi " ) . He reached the rank of Major . Balkan wars . During the First Balkan War , Vehib defended the Fortress Yanya with his brother Esad Pasha who was the commander of the Yanya Corps , until February 20 , 1913 . The Ottoman forces surrendered to the Greeks under Crown Prince Constantine . After his release as a prisoner of war , Vehib was made a Colonel in the 22nd Infantry Division . He was sent to Hejaz in Arabia . First World War . The Ottoman Empire entered World War I and Vehib participated in the Gallipoli Campaign , commanding the XV Army Corps , and later the Second Army . His successes led to his being made commander of the Third Army during the Caucasus Campaign . His army held against attacks by the Russians but was defeated in the battle of Erzinjan . In 1918 , Vehib ' s Third Army regained the offensive and took back Trabzon and Hora on February 24 as well as Batumi on March 26 . With the Armistice of Mudros , Vehib returned to Constantinople ( Istanbul ) . War of Independence . Vehib did not participate in the Turkish War of Independence . After his return to Constantinople at the end of World War I , he was prosecuted for misuse of his office and jailed ( Bekirağa Bölük ) . He escaped to Italy . His citizenship was revoked by the new government of Turkey . He spent some time in Italy , Germany , Romania , Greece and Egypt . His dislike of Mustafa Kemal was well known and he never did hide his contempt for the new leader of Turkey who had once fought under his command at Gallipoli . He did not return to Istanbul until after his death . Abyssinia . Vehib participated in the Second Italo - Abyssinian War where he was known as " Wehib Pasha " . He served as the Chief - of - Staff to Ras Nasibu , the Ethiopian Commander - in - Chief on the southern front . Vehib designed a strong defensive line for the Ethiopians which was known as the " Hindenburg Wall " , in reference to the famous German defensive line of World War I , the Hindenburg Line . However , the Italians broke through these defenses during the Battle of the Ogaden in April 1936 . Afterwards , Vehib left Ethiopia and returned to Istanbul . He died in 1940 and was buried at Karacaahmet Cemetery in Istanbul .