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Esvapçıbaşızade Yaver-i Hususi-i Şehriyari Fehim Paşa (b. istanbul 1873- lynched near Inegol, Bursa 1908). His father Esvapçıbaşı İsmet Bey was a milk brother to the sultan. Fehim graduated the military academy as a ‘Kolağası’ rank in 1894 after attending the ‘Zadegân’ aristocrat class and joined the Palace in Sultan's employ responsible with the duties of secret service. Titled Pasa (Pascha) when 25 and a 'Ferik'[1] before reaching 30.
Source Riza Ertekin article.
Letter to the Sultan after the Bursa exile.
The collar mark (later shoulder mark) and cap of a Ferik had three stripes and two stars during the early years of the Turkish Republic.
The Ottoman Army and pre-1934 Turkish Army had three general ranks (similar to the British ranking system), while the current Turkish Army has four general ranks (similar to the American ranking system), with the inclusion of Brigadier General (Tuğgeneral) as the fourth and most junior general rank.
The title of Ferik was abolished with Act No. 2590 of 26 November 1934 on the Abolition of Titles and Appellations such as Efendi, Bey or Pasha.