Hafiz Hakki

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Hafız Hakkı Pasha (* 1879 in Bitola ; † 15. February 1915 in Erzurum) was a General of the Ottoman Empire military.

Hafız was a classmate of Enver Pasha. He ranked number 1 in the military school while Enver ranked second. Hakkı fought in the Balkan wars in 1912 and then wrote books about how armies should be led.

General Hakkı was one of the Ottoman commanders at the Battle of Sarikamis. At this battle, the large Ottoman army was utterly defeated by a smaller Russian force. During the retreat, the Ottoman army was nearly annihilated, mostly due to bitterly cold temperatures.

Hafız was appointed by Enver Pasha to take over the remnants of the Ottoman army in early 1915. He died of typhus in Erzerum in 1915 just a few weeks later.