Mehmet Esat Bülkat

Mehmet Esat Bülkat (; 18 October 1862 – 2 November 1952) was a Turkish or Albanian Although he had received a good education up until then and was very intelligent, he failed in his first year because of a poor understanding of Ottoman Turkish.

His excellent performance led to his immediate dispatch to undertake further military training in Germany. As well as attending the Prussian War Academy in Berlin, he spent periods in different Alsatian and Prussian units and headquarters. About this time he was promoted to Lt Colonel. As he found working in the General Staff not to his liking, he took up the less prestigious position a year later as a teacher at the Mekteb-i Erkân-ı Harbiyye-i Şâhâne (Imperial Military College).

While he had become well known to the general public during the Gallipoli campaign, upon its completion despite been promoted back to the rank of Ferik (Lieutenant General) on 15 September 1915 Esad was not assigned any other active command roles by Enver Pasha. However, the position existed only on paper. Convinced that he had little chance of being promoted to any meaningful role he retired from the army on 22 November 1919. under the title Esat Paşa'nın Çanakkale Anıları (Esat Pasha's Çanakkale Memoirs).

He died in Istanbul on 2 November 1952 and was buried in the Karacaahmet Cemetery.