Mustafa Yamulki


Mustafa Yamolky, also known as "Nemrud" Mustafa Pasha, was a Kurdish military officer, chairman of the Ottoman military court, minister for education in the Kingdom of Kurdistan and a journalist. Mustafa was born in the city of Sulaimaniyah which was then in the Mosul Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.

Early life

Mustafa was born into an old landowning family from Sulaimaniyah. Mustafa attended the Ottoman Military Academy at Constantinople. He was from the powerful Bilbaz Kurdish tribe.
After the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the World War I, he was appointed the head of the Turkish Court Martials on the 18 April 1920. As chairman of the Court, which was also called the "war tribunal of Nemrut Mustafa", he condemned Mustafa Kemal to death in absentia along with other of his associates. The warrant was also signed by Ali Kemal, Damad Ferid and the Sultan. Mustafa also sentenced Ebubekir Hazim the minister of the interior for aiding the Turkish nationalists. He was dismissed from this office in June.
Later, Mustafa was arrested and sentenced to 7 months in prison. However, he was pardoned by Sultan Mehmed VI in February 1921. In June 1921 he left Turkey for Syria and went on to live in Iraq.
His brother-in-law was Izzet Bey the former governor of Van and minister of Pious foundations under Tavfiq Pasha cabinet.
Mustafa's son was Abdul Aziz Yamulki chief plotter of coup d'état against Bakir Sidqi government.

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