Kol Aghassi
Kolağası was a military rank of the Ottoman Army. It corresponds to a Senior Captain or an Adjutant Major. Kol Ağası is a compound word composed of Kol and Ağa.
The rank was junior to the rank Binbaşı, and senior to the rank Yüzbaşı in the Ottoman Army and the pre-1934 Turkish Army.
Despite being a single rank, Kolağası was divided in two: Sağ Kolağası and Sol Kolağası. Sağ Kolağası was senior to Sol Kolağası. After the rank of Yüzbaşı, an officer had to first become Sol Kolağası, before becoming Sağ Kolağası.
The rank of Kolağası was briefly renamed as Önyüzbaşı during the early years of the Turkish Republic, before being completely removed. The collar mark and cap of a Kolağası had one stripe and three stars during the early years of the Turkish Republic.
