Mareşal (transl. Marshal) is the highest rank in the Turkish Land Forces and Turkish Air Force.^[1] It is the equivalent of a field marshal in other countries.^[2]

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Marshal Mareşal
Shoulder insignia
Country	Turkey
Service branch	Turkish Land Forces  Turkish Air Force
NATO rank code	OF-10
Formation	1921
Next higher rank	None
Next lower rank	Orgeneral
Equivalent ranks	Büyük amiral

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The rank of Mareşal can trace its origins to the Ottoman Empire, where the rank of Mushir (Arabic: مشير) was bestowed upon senior commanders upon order of the ruling Sultan.^{[citation needed]}

The word mariscalcus in Latin, had parts from the old-German words meaning horse and servant.^{[citation needed]}

The rank of Mareşal can only be bestowed by the National Assembly, and only given to a general who leads an army, and/or air force with an extraordinary success in battle gaining a victory over the enemy.^[3]

The corresponding rank in the Turkish Navy is Büyük amiral.^[4]

Only two people were bestowed the rank Mareşal to date, both for their successes in the Turkish War of Independence.

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No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Date of promotion	For	Office	Ref.
1		Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938)	19 September 1921	Battle of Sakarya	Commander-in-chief of the Army of the GNA (1921–1922)
2		Fevzi Çakmak (1876–1950)	31 August 1922	Battle of Dumlupinar	Commander-in-chief of the Army of the GNA (1921–1922) Chief of the Turkish General Staff (1923–1944)

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• Military ranks of Turkey
• Military ranks of the Ottoman Empire
• List of field marshals of the Ottoman Empire