Otto Liman von Sanders (February 17, 1855 - August 22, 1929) was a German general who served as adviser to the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed V during World War I. February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Imperial motto El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious (as written in tugra) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul (Constantinople/Asitane/Konstantiniyye ) Sovereigns Sultans of the Osmanli Dynasty Population ca 40 million Area 6. ... A sultan (Arabic: سلطان) is an Islamic monarch ruling under the terms of shariah. ... Sultan Mehmed V Mehmed V Resad or Mahommed V, (November 2, 1844 – July 3, 1918), known as Reshid Effendi or Mehmed Resad was the 39th Ottoman Sultan; for those who believed that the Ottoman sultans took on the Caliphate in 1517, he was also the 99th caliph, or successor, to... Missing image Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...

He was born in Stolp in Pomerania. Widely credited with reorganisation of the Turkish army, he supervised the Turkish defence of the Dardanelles against Allied attack during the Battle of Gallipoli. Słupsk (pronounce: [swupsk], German Stolp) is a city in Middle Pomerania region and the capital of the region, in north-western Poland with some 100,000 inhabitants. ... Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze, German: Pommern and Pommerellen, Pomeranian (Kashubian): Pòmòrze and Pòmòrskô, Latin: Pomerania, Pomorania) is a geographical and historical region in northern Poland and Germany on the south coasts of the Baltic Sea between and on both sides of the Vistula and Oder (Odra) rivers, reaching the Reknitz river... The Dardanelles (Turkish: Çanakkale Boğazı), formerly Hellespont, is a narrow strait in northwestern Turkey connecting the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara. ... Battle of Gallipoli Conflict First World War Date 19 February 1915 - 9 January 1916 Place Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey Result Ottoman victory The Battle of Gallipoli took place on the Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli in 1915 during the First World War. ...

Von Sanders died in Munich in 1929. Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München pronunciation) is the state capital of the German Bundesland of Bavaria. ...