Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Mehmet Vehip Kaçı

Battles of Mehmet Vehip Kaçı

Turkish general and statesperson (1877–1940)

Mehmet Vehip Kaçı is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1912 and 1918: 6 battles and 1 siege across 3 present-day countries, most in Turkey (3), Greece (2), Armenia (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,711 km apart end to end, 452 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War I (4), First Balkan War (2), Middle Eastern theater of World War I (1).

Siege of IoanninaCapture of ErzurumBattle of BizaniTrebizond CampaignBattle of ErzincanBattle of KarakilisaBattle of SardarabadBattle of BizaniTrebizond CampaignBattle of ErzincanAthensAnkaraAleppoBucharestSofiaYerevanTbilisiBelgradeTiranaThessaloniki500 km40.286N, 32.668E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1912: 1 engagements1913: 1 engagements1916: 2 engagements1918: 3 engagements3 in 191819121918
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Ioannina, 1912Battle of Bizani, 1913Trebizond Campaign, 1916Battle of Erzincan, 1916Battle of Karakilisa, 1918Capture of Erzurum, 1918Battle of Sardarabad, 191819121918
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
25 November 1912Siege of IoanninaIoannina, GreeceGreek victory
1913Battle of BizaniBizani municipality, Greece11 km SGreek victory; Capture of Ioannina; End of First Balkan War
5 February 1916Trebizond CampaignOttoman Empire, Turkey1,602 km ERussian victory
2 July 1916Battle of ErzincanErzincan, Turkey141 km SRussian victory
1918Battle of KarakilisaVanadzor, Armenia439 km ETactical Ottoman victory; Strategic Armenian victory as...
12 March 1918Capture of ErzurumErzurum, Turkey289 km WOttoman victory
22 May 1918Battle of SardarabadSardarapat, Armenia228 km EArmenian 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, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.