Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Mehmet Esat Bülkat

Battles of Mehmet Esat Bülkat

Turkish military officer and statesperson (1862–1952)

Mehmet Esat Bülkat is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1912 and 1915: 4 battles and 1 siege across 2 present-day countries, most in Greece (4), Turkey (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 518 km apart end to end, 130 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First Balkan War (3), Middle Eastern theater of World War I (1).

Battle of Pente PigadiaSiege of IoanninaBattle of DriskosBattle of BizaniBattle of Lone PineBattle of Pente PigadiaSiege of IoanninaBattle of DriskosBattle of Lone PineThessalonikiLarissaÇanakkaleBitolaAgrinioChalkidaSeresKateriniXanthiMitilini200 km39.808N, 23.570E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1912: 3 engagements3 in 19121913: 1 engagements1915: 1 engagements19121915
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Pente Pigadia, 1912Siege of Ioannina, 1912Battle of Driskos, 1912Battle of Bizani, 1913Battle of Lone Pine, 191519121915
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
23 October 1912Battle of Pente PigadiaIoannina vilayet, GreeceGreek victory
25 November 1912Siege of IoanninaIoannina, Greece31 km NGreek victory
26 November 1912Battle of DriskosGreece9 km EOttoman victory
1913Battle of BizaniBizani municipality, Greece12 km SWGreek victory; Capture of Ioannina; End of First Balkan War
6 August 1915Battle of Lone PineGallipoli, Turkey466 km EAllied victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.