Sıtkı Üke
Turkish Army general
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Sıtkı Üke (1876; Salonica (Thessaloniki) – 1941; Istanbul) was a major general of the Ottoman Army and the first head general of the Turkish Army. Sıtkı grew up in the same town as Atatürk, the founder of modern-day Turkey, who referred to Sıtkı as "big brother" and conferred on him the surname Üke, or "honor", during the establishment of the modern Turkish state.