Miralay

Miralay or Mîr-i alay (Gendarmerie: Alaybeyi) was a military rank of the Ottoman Army and Navy. The modern Turkish equivalent is Albay, meaning colonel.[1] Miralay is a compound word composed of Mir (commander) and Alay (regiment).

Miralay was equal to colonel in the Ottoman Army and the pre-1935 Turkish Army. The rank was junior to Mirliva (Brigadier General) and senior to Kaymakam (Lieutenant Colonel). The collar mark (later shoulder mark) and cap (until 1933) of a Miralay featured two stripes and three stars during the early years of the Turkish Republic.

The rank of miralay was abolished on November 26, 1934, in accordance with Article 3 of Law No. 2590 on the Abolition of Nicknames and Titles.[2] With Decree No. 2295, issued on April 9, 1935, the equivalent of the miralay rank was designated as albay.[3]

Sources

  1. ↑ miralay, Turkish Language Association
  2. ↑ "Law No. 2590 on the Abolition of Nicknames and Titles" (PDF) (in Turkish). 1934. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Official Gazette Archive" (PDF) (in Turkish). 1935. Retrieved February 12, 2025.

See also

This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.