Kemalettin Sami Gökçen

{{Short description|Turkish politician}}

{{Expand Turkish|topic=bio|Kemalettin Sami Gökçen|date=December 2020}}

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{{Infobox military person

|name = Kemalettin Sami Gökçen
1321-İs. 1T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 218. {{in lang|tr}}

|birth_date = {{birth-date|1884}}

|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1934|04|15|1884}}

|birth_place = Sinop, Kastamonu Vilayet, Ottoman Empire

|death_place = Berlin, Nazi Germany

|placeofburial= State Cemetery

|image = Kemaledddin Sami.jpg

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|allegiance = {{flag|Ottoman Empire}} (1906–1919)
{{flag|Turkey}} (1920–1928)

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|serviceyears = Ottoman Empire: 1906–1919, Turkey: 22 November 1920 – 24 September 1928

|rank =Lieutenant general

|commands = Chief of Staff of the Dardanelles Fortified Area Command, Staff of the Gallipoli Northern Group, Chief of Staff of the Inspectorate of Fortification and Fortified Area, Chief of Staff of the Hejaz Expeditionary Force, Chief of Staff of the VIII Corps, Military attaché to Ukraine, Chief of Staff of the Northern Caucasus Army, Inspector of the Rear Area of the Ninth Army, 10th Caucasian Division (deputy), Istanbul Guard, Deputy Commander of the XXV Corps, 10th Caucasian Division
1st Division, Ankara Command, 4th Group, IV Corps

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|battles = Balkan Wars
World War I
Turkish War of Independence

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|laterwork = Ambassador to Berlin

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Kemalettin Sami Gökçen (1884 – 15 April 1934) was a Turkish career officer and politician. He was instrumental in establishing diplomatic relations between the Turkish Republic and Nazi Germany.{{cite journal|author1=Bengül Bolat|author2=Ahmet Nizamoğlu|title=Kemalettin Sami Paşa ve Berlin Büyükelçiliğindeki Faaliyetleri |journal=Avrasya İncelemeleri Dergisi|year=2019|volume=VIII|issue=2|pages=117–151 |url=http://iupress.istanbul.edu.tr/tr/journal/avid/article/kemalettin-sami-pasa-ve-berlin-buyukelciligindeki-faaliyetleri-1924-1934}}

Gallery

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-00059, Kemaleddin Sami Pascha.jpg |Kemalettin Sami Gökçen in Germany, 1926.

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-03070, Berlin, 10. Jahrestag der türkischen Republik.jpg|Kemalettin Sami Gökçen as ambassador to Berlin (far right), during the 10 year anniversary of the Turkish Republic.

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-07653, Berlin, Ankunft des türkischen Aussenministers.jpg|Kemalettin Sami Gökçen (far right) with Tevfik Rüştü Aras (second from left), and Carl von Schubert (far left)

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