Kâzım Dirik

For other Kâzım Pasha, see Kâzım Pasha (disambiguation).

Kâzım Dirik (1881 in Bitola, Manastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire – July 3, 1941 in Edirne) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. During his political career he was Governor of İzmir between 1926 and 1935.^[2] In cooperation with the Peoples Houses, he encouraged the campaign which demanded from the population to only speak Turkish in 1934.^[3] After 1935, he also became the Inspector General of the Second Inspectorate-General in the Turkish western provinces and was involved in the Turkification and resettlement program of the Turkish Government.^[4][5] He presented the idea of the "Ideal Republican Village" (Turkish: İdeal Cumhuriyet Köyü).^[5][4]

Mehmet Kâzım Dirik 1315-P. 87[1]
Born	1881 (1881) Bitola, Manastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (modern North Macedonia)
Died	3 July 1941(1941-07-03) (aged 59–60) Edirne, Turkey
Buried	State Cemetery
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire Turkey
Years of service	Ottoman: 1900–1919 Turkey: 1919–1928
Rank	Korgeneral
Commands	Inspector of the Rear Area of the Second Army, Inspector of the Rear Area of the Fourth Army, 43rd Division, 7th Division, 56th Division, 49th Division, Inspector of the Rear Area in Batumi Chief of the General Staff of the Ninth Army, Erzurum Fortified Area Command, XV Corps (deputy), Representative of TBMM government to Georgia, Inspector of the Rear Area of Western Anatolia, General Directorate of Shipping and Transportation, 2nd Division
Battles / wars	Italo-Turkish War Balkan Wars First World War Turkish War of Independence
Other work	Deputy Governor of the Bitlis Province, Governor of the Bitlis Province, Governor of the İzmir Province, General Inspector of the Trakya Inspectorate-General

See also

• List of high-ranking commanders of the Turkish War of Independence