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===Turkey=== {{main|Mareşal (Turkey)}} In the [[Turkish Armed Forces]], the corresponding rank is ''mareşal''. Its origins can be traced to the [[Ottoman Empire]] and to the military of [[Persia]], where it was called "müşir"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tdkterim.gov.tr/bts/?kategori=verilst&kelime=m%FC%FEir&ayn=tam |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729050257/http://tdkterim.gov.tr/bts/?kategori=verilst&kelime=m%FC%FEir&ayn=tam |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 July 2012 |title=Great Turkish Dictionary |publisher=[[Turkish Language Association]] |access-date=1 August 2009 }}</ref> and bestowed upon senior commanders upon order of the ruling [[sultan]]. The rank of ''mareşal'' can only be bestowed by the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey|National Assembly]], to generals or admirals who have displayed distinguished merit in wartime. Only two persons have been bestowed the rank in history of the Republic: [[Kemal Atatürk]], the founder of modern [[Turkey]], and his [[List of Chiefs of the Turkish General Staff|Chief of Staff]] [[Fevzi Çakmak]], both for their successes in the [[Turkish War of Independence]].
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