Şükrü Naili Gökberk

Selanikli Şükrü Naili Gökberk
Selanikli Şükrü Naili Gökberk
Born	1876; Selanik, Salonica Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	26 October 1936 (aged 59–60); Edirne, Turkey
Buried	Edirnekapı Şehitliği; State Cemetery
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire; Turkey
Years of service	Ottoman Empire: 1899–1920; Turkey: 25 April 1921 – 8 October 1934
Rank	General
Commands	Chief of Staff of the 7th Division, 50th Division, 49th Division; 15th Division, Ankara Command, Committee for Occupation and Restitution of Adana Area, Mersin Area Command, III Corps
Battles / wars	Balkan Wars; First World War; Turkish War of Independence
Other work	Member of the GNAT (Kırklareli); Member of the GNAT (Istanbul)

Şükrü Naili Gökberk (1876 in Selanik, Salonica Vilayet, Ottoman Empire – 26 October 1936 in Edirne, Turkey]) was an officer of the Ottoman Army during World War I, reaching the rank of miralay (senior colonel / brigadier) on 1 September 1917; and of the Turkish Army during the Turkish War of Independence, reaching the rank of mirliva (brigadier general) on 31 August 1922.^[1] He was promoted to the rank of ferik (major general) on 30 August 1926.^[1]

He commanded a division of the Ottoman Army in the defense of the Gallipoli peninsula during the Gallipoli campaign of World War I. Towards the end of World War I, he was in the Palestinian front. He later fought in the Turkish War of Independence where he commanded the Turkish forces (3rd Corps) of the Ankara government which entered Istanbul with a ceremony on 6 October 1923, following the end of the city's occupation by the Allies of World War I.^[1]^[2]

He was a member of parliament at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in Ankara for two terms, first for Kırklareli (1923) and later for Istanbul (1935).^[1]

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