Enver Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: انور پاشا, Turkish: Enver Paşa) or Ismail Enver Pasha (اسماعیل انور پاشا, İsmail Enver Paşa, born Ismail Enver) (November 22, 1881 – August 4, 1922) was an Ottoman military officer and a leader of the Young Turk revolution. He was the main leader of the Ottoman Empire in both Balkan Wars and World War I. Pasha is a title that changed with his military ranks; through his career he was known by increasing titles, including Enver Efendi (انور افندي), Enver Bey (انور بك), and finally Enver Pasha, which is what Ottoman military officers were called after they were promoted to the rank of Mirliva.
As a war minister and de facto Commander-in-Chief (de jure he was Deputy Commander-in-Chief, since formally the Sultan held the title), Enver Pasha was considered to be the most powerful figure of the government of Ottoman Turkey or "the number one man in Istanbul" as many referred to him. Back at home he hailed as "the hero of revolution", Germans were speaking of Turkey as "Enverland" and British referred to him as "the one whose power was absolute and ambitions were grandiose".
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