{{short description|Turkish army rank}} [[File:Turkey-army-OF-3.svg|thumb|left|150px|Binbaşı shoulder mark of modern-day Turkish Armed Forces]] {{Military ranks of Ottoman}} {{Military ranks of Egypt}} A '''''binbashi''''', alternatively '''''bimbashi''''', (from {{langx|tr|Binbaşı}}, "chief of a thousand", "chiliarch") is a major in the Turkish army, of which term originated in the Ottoman army. The title was also used for a major in the Khedivial Egyptian army as ''Bimbashi'' (1805–1953). It was also used by the Serbian revolutionaries as ''Bimbaša'' ({{lang-sr-cyr|Бимбаша}}) in 1804–1817.
The collar mark (later shoulder mark) and cap (until 1933) of a ''Binbaşı'' had two stripes and one star during the early years of the Turkish Republic.
==See also== * Military of the Ottoman Empire * Turkish Army
==References== * Dictionary.com, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070312050534/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/binbashi Binbashi entry]{{failed verification|date=June 2015}} * Dunn, John P. "Khedive Ismail's Army" Routledge Press, 2005, [https://books.google.com/books?id=kK2cjAhojt8C&pg=PA156 p. 156] {{failed verification|date=June 2015}}
Category:Military ranks of Turkey Category:Turkish words and phrases Category:Military ranks of the Ottoman Empire
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