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Orgeneral Cevat ÇOBANLI 1871 yılında İstanbul’da doğdu. Harp Okulundan 1891 yılında teğmen, devam ettiği Harp Akademisinden 1894 yılında kurmay yüzbaşı olarak mezun oldu. 17 Kasım 1894’te kurmay kıdemli yüzbaşılığa, 13 Mayıs 1895’te kurmay binbaşılığa, 27 Ocak 1898’de kurmay yarbaylığa, 17 Ocak 1900’de kurmay albaylığa, 4 Aralık 1901’de tuğgeneralliğe, 25 Aralık 1906’da tümgeneralliğe, 7 Ağustos 1909’da rütbe tasfiyesinden dolayı tekrar kurmay yarbaylığa, 29 Eylül 1911’de kurmay albaylığa terfi etti. Trablusgarp Savaşı’na katıldı. Balkan Savaşı’nda Doğu Ordusu kurmay başkanı, daha sonra Çatalca Ordusu Topçu Komutanlığı kurmay başkanı olarak görevlendirildi. 4 Şubat 1913’te 9’uncu Tümen komutanı, 5 Haziran 1913’te Bulgaristan hududunun belirlenmesi ile ilgili Komisyon başkanı, 6 Ocak 1914’te 9’uncu Tümen komutanı, 10 Ağustos 1914’te Çanakkale Boğazı Müstahkem Mevki komutanı oldu. Bu görevinde iken Birinci Dünya Savaşı’na girildi. 29 Kasım 1914’te tümgeneralliğe terfi etti. 9 Ekim 1915’te 14’üncü Kolordu komutanı, 18 Kasım 1916’da 15’inci Kolordu komutanı, 19 Ağustos 1917’de tekrar 14’üncü Kolordu komutanı, 8 Kasım 1917’de 8’inci Ordu komutanı, 24 Kasım 1917’de 2’nci Ordu komutanı, 2 Aralık 1917’de tekrar 8’inci Ordu komutanı olarak atandı. 28 Temmuz 1918’de korgeneralliğe yükseldi. 3 Kasım 1918’de Genelkurmay başkanı, 19 Aralık 1918’de Harbiye nazırı, 14 Mayıs 1919’da tekrar Genelkurmay başkanı olarak tayin edildi. 9 Ekim 1919’da Genelkurmay Başkanlığından istifa etmişse de tekrar bu göreve atandı. 16 Mart 1920’de İstanbul’un işgalinde İngilizler tarafından tutuklanarak Malta’ya sürüldü. 15 Ocak 1922’de İtalyan vapuru ile Mersin’e geldi. 9 Şubat 1922’de Elcezire Cephesi komutanı, 21 Ekim 1923’te 3’üncü Ordu müfettişi olarak atandı. Aynı zamanda II. Dönem Elâzığ milletvekilliği yaptı. 31 Ekim 1924’te Ordu komutanlığı görevine son verildi ve milletvekilliğine devam etti. 25 Aralık 1924’te Elâzığ milletvekilliğinden istifa etti ve Askerî Şûra üyesi olarak atandı. 7 Ocak 1925’te Musul Sorunu ve 28 Kasım 1925’te Irak sınırı için Milletler Cemiyetine giden heyette askerî müşavir olarak bulundu. 30 Ağustos 1926’da orgeneralliğe terfi eden ÇOBANLI, 28 Nisan 1927’de İstanbul Erkân Divanıharp başkanı olarak atandı. 12 Mart 1928’de Cenevre’de toplanan silahların azaltılması konusundaki Kongre’ye temsilci olarak gönderildi. 14 Eylül 1935’te Askerî Şûra üyesi iken yaş haddinden emekli oldu. Osmanlı Devleti ile Bulgaristan, İspanya, Alman İmparatorluğu, Avusturya-Macaristan İmparatorluğu ve Bavyera tarafından verilen çeşitli nişan ve madalyalar ile TBMM tarafından verilen İstiklal Madalyası sahibi olan Orgeneral Cevat ÇOBANLI, 16 Mart 1938’de vefat etmiştir.

General Cevat ÇOBANLI was born in Istanbul in 1871. He graduated from the Military Academy as a lieutenant in 1891 and from the Military Academy in 1894 as a staff captain. He was promoted to staff senior captain on November 17, 1894, to staff major on May 13, 1895, to staff lieutenant colonel on January 27, 1898, to staff colonel on January 17, 1900, to brigadier general on December 4, 1901, to major general on December 25, 1906, and was de-promoted to staff lieutenant colonel on August 7, 1909, due to his dismissal, and to staff colonel on September 29, 1911. He participated in the Battle of Tripolitania. In the Balkan War, he was appointed chief of staff of the Eastern Army and later chief of staff of the Çatalca Army Artillery Command. On February 4, 1913, he was appointed as the commander of the 9th Division; on June 5, 1913, he was the chairman of the Commission for the Demarcation of the Bulgarian Border; on January 6, 1914, he was the commander of the 9th Division; and on August 10, 1914, he was the commander of the Çanakkale Strait Fortified Area. While in this position, the First World War broke out. On November 29, 1914, he was promoted to major general. He was appointed to the command of the 14th Army Corps on October 9, 1915; commander of the 15th Army Corps on November 18, 1916, commander of the 14th Army Corps again on 19 August 1917; commander of the 8th Army on November 8, 1917, commander of the 2nd Army on 24 November 1917; and commander of the 8th Army again on December 2, 1917.

On July 28, 1918, he was promoted to lieutenant general. He was appointed Chief of the General Staff on November 3, 1918; Minister of War on December 19, 1918; and Chief of the General Staff again on May 14, 1919. On October 9, 1919, he resigned as Chief of the General Staff, but was reappointed to this position. On March 16, 1920, he was arrested by the British during the occupation of Istanbul and exiled to Malta. On January 15, 1922, he arrived in Mersin on an Italian steamer. On February 9, 1922, he was appointed commander of the Aljazeera Front, and on October 21, 1923, he was appointed inspector of the 3rd Army. At the same time, he served as a deputy of Elâzığ in the second term. On October 31, 1924, he was relieved of his post as commander of the Army and continued to be a deputy. On December 25, 1924, he resigned from the Elâzığ parliament and was appointed as a member of the Military Council. He was a military advisor in the delegation that went to the League of Nations for the Mosul Problem on January 7, 1925, and the Iraqi border on November 28, 1925. On August 30, 1926, he was promoted to the rank of general, and on April 28, 1927, he was appointed as the head of the Istanbul Military Council. On March 12, 1928, he was sent as a representative to the Congress on the issue of arms reduction, which met in Geneva. On September 14, 1935, while he was a member of the Military Council, he retired due to age. General Cevat ÇOBANLI, who was the recipient of various orders and medals given by the Ottoman State, Bulgaria, Spain, the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bavaria, and the Medal of Independence given by the Turkish Grand National Assembly, passed away on March 16, 1938, in İstanbul.