The Role of the Ottoman-Trained Officers in Independent Iraq

Year 1996, Issue: 26, 123 - 138, 01.05.1996

Yücel Güçlü

https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000251

Abstract

The Role of the Ottoman-Trained Officers in Independent Iraq

Abstract

The nccd for a sıable supply of officers sı.alioned in !.heArab provinces
prompıed lhe Sublime Porte in 1871 lo inviıe lraqis lo choose lhe miliıaryas
a profession:
Due to the fact that Baghdad, our city, is the headquarters of the
Imperial 6
ıh Army of the Iraqi districts, the establishment of a military
secondary school there is very necessary. Students who complete their
studies in this school will be sent to the Imperial War College in
Istanbul to continue their education, so that they might grauate as
officers. The school opens a clear future to its graduates up to the rank
of field marshal and it is indispensable for the progress of our
countrymen.1 

Keywords

The Role, Ottoman-Trained, Independent Iraq