Süleyman Askerî Bey

Who was Süleyman Askerî Bey?

Süleyman Askerî Bey, also known as Suleyman Askeri, Sulayman Askari, Sulaiman al-Askari and unofficially known as Suleyman Askeri Pasha was a military officer who served for the Ottoman Army.

Süleyman Askerî was born to General Vehbi Pasha, who served as military staff at Edirne in 1898 and then in Anatolia, in 1884 in Prizren. He gradıated from the Ottoman Military Academy in 1902 and graduated from the Ottoman Military College on November 5, 1905 as Distinguished Captain.

He was assigned to Monastir under the command of the Third Army stationed at Salonica. During the days he stayed in Monastir, he joined the Committee of Union and Progress and he married Fadime Hanım, who was an aristocrat of Filibe. They had two daughters, Fatma and Dilek. He sheltered Mülâzim Atif Efendi, who assassinated Shemsi Pasha in July 7, 1912, and participated in the Young Turk Revolution. He was closest friend of Kuşçubaşzade Eşref. According to Philip Hendrick Stoddard, he was a brother-in-law of Mehmed Nuri, who was the oldest friend of Mustafa Kemal.