Şükrü Naili Gökberk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Şükrü Naili Gökberk

Turkish general

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Thessaloniki, Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace, Greece

Date of Death: 26-Oct-1936

Profession: politician

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Sükrü Naili Gökberk (1876 in Thessaloniki, Salonica Vilayet, Ottoman Empire – 26 October 1936 in Edirne, Turkey) was an officer of the Ottoman Army during World War I, reaching the rank of miralay (senior colonel / brigadier) on 1 September 1917; and of the Turkish Army during the Turkish War of Independence, reaching the rank of mirliva (major general) on 31 August 1922.
He was promoted to the rank of ferik (lieutenant general) on 30 August 1926.He commanded the Turkish forces (3rd Corps) of the Ankara government which entered Istanbul with a ceremony on 6 October 1923, following the end of the city's occupation by the Allies of World War I, which has been marked as the Liberation Day of Istanbul (Turkish: Istanbul'un Kurtulusu) and is commemorated every year on its anniversary.He also served as a member of parliament at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in Ankara for two terms, first for Kirklareli (1923) and later for Istanbul (1935).