Kemalettin Sami Gökçen
1321-İs. 1[1]
Born1884 (1884)
Sinop, Kastamonu Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died15 April 1934(1934-04-15) (aged 49–50)
Berlin, Nazi Germany
Buried
State Cemetery
Allegiance Ottoman Empire (1906–1919)
 Turkey (1920–1928)
Years of serviceOttoman Empire: 1906–1919, Turkey: 22 November 1920 – 24 September 1928
RankLieutenant general
Commands heldChief of Staff of the Dardanelles Fortified Area Command, Staff of the Gallipoli Northern Group, Chief of Staff of the Inspectorate of Fortification and Fortified Area, Chief of Staff of the Hejaz Expeditionary Force, Chief of Staff of the VIII Corps, Military attaché to Ukraine, Chief of Staff of the Northern Caucasus Army, Inspector of the Rear Area of the Ninth Army, 10th Caucasian Division (deputy), Istanbul Guard, Deputy Commander of the XXV Corps, 10th Caucasian Division
1st Division, Ankara Command, 4th Group, IV Corps
Battles/warsBalkan Wars
World War I
War of Independence
Other workAmbassador to Berlin

Kemalettin Sami Gökçen (1884 – 15 April 1934) was a Turkish career officer and politician. He was instrumental in establishing diplomatic relations between the Turkish Republic and Nazi Germany.[2]

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  1. ↑ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 218. (in Turkish)
  2. ↑ Bengül Bolat; Ahmet Nizamoğlu (2019). "Kemalettin Sami Paşa ve Berlin Büyükelçiliğindeki Faaliyetleri". Avrasya İncelemeleri Dergisi. VIII (2): 117–151.

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