[MAP of LOCATION of ARMIES from BALKAN WARS to WAR of INDEPENDENCE] [Unnamed map: Showing occupied places by Greek, Bulgarian and Entente Armies and Turkish-Ottoman Army in Balkans].

Original folded b/w military map. Atlas folio. (70 x 57 cm). In Ottoman script. Shows a very vast area on north: from Adriatic Sea to Black Sea and Sevastopol; on south: from Benghazi (Tripoli) to Cyprus, Mediterranean Sea and Port Said; and it shows armies on Shkodra, Metroviche, Ipek, Ilebsan, Yanya (Ioannina), Manastir (Bitola), Selânik (Thessaloniki - Salonica), Dirama, Siroz, Istranca, Usküp (Skopje), Gümülcine (Komotini), Kircaali, Edirne (Adrianople), Dimetoka, Uzun Köprü, Kirk Klise, Çorlu, Tekfur Dagi, Istanbul (Constantinople), Gelibolu (Gallipoli) and Izmir (Smyrna). Lieutenant Colonel Mehmet Nihat Bey of Bursa who was born in 1886 accomplished to write 39 books about military history which are including his war experience and his translation works. Nihat Bey who is the first and the most important military historian in the Republic of Turkey, was an intellectual person rather than a soldier. He meticulously evaluated many mistakes and points should be learn about war by an objective eye in his works. Although it past a century from the time this books had been written this great person couldn't have been totally discovered by researchers yet. The first military historian in Republic of Turkey Mehmet Nihat Bey, participated in Tripoli, Balkan, Gallipoli and Turkish War of Independence. He taught in military academy for many years and he impressed many staff officers in terms of idea. During the first years of republic era in Turkey he lectured about military history and until the last year before he died he had given so useful informations in warfare of Çanakkale for visitors. Nihat Bey evaluated the conditions about the period of his life and the wars he participated by an objective view and he left great materials for next generations succeeding him. He enlightened Turkish recent history by writing the events which he had witnessed. Studies of Nihat Bey has an important impact for the researchers who want to have knowledge about Balkan and Gallipoli wars which fulfilled their 100th anniversary.

Lingue: Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928)