commander, 5 engagements
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).
Engagements by year
In time order
Engagements by date
| Date | Engagement | Place | From the last | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 October 1912 | Battle of Pente Pigadia | Ioannina vilayet, Greece | Greek victory | |
| 25 November 1912 | Siege of Ioannina | Ioannina, Greece | 31 km N | Greek victory |
| 26 November 1912 | Battle of Driskos | Greece | 9 km E | Ottoman victory |
| 1913 | Battle of Bizani | Bizani municipality, Greece | 12 km SW | Greek victory; Capture of Ioannina; End of First Balkan War |
| 6 August 1915 | Battle of Lone Pine | Gallipoli, Turkey | 466 km E | Allied 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.