Mehmet Nâzım Bey
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| Born | 1886 Kayseri, Ankara Eyalet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 15 July 1921 (aged 34–35) Yumruçal, Turkey |
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| Rank | Miralay |
| Commands | Chief of Staff of the 16th Division, Chief of Staff of the 19th Division, Delegation to the Army Group Mackensen, Rumelia Detachment, 7th Cavalry Regiment Provisional Division, 4th Division |
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Mehmet Nâzım Bey (1886; Kayseri - July 15, 1921; Yumruçal) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army. He is credited for his defense of the Gallipoli peninsula during the Gallipoli campaign of World War I.
He was killed in action by the Greek Army on July 15, 1921 during the Battle of Yumruçal in the Turkish War of Independence (see Battle of Afyonkarahisar–Eskişehir).
See also
[edit]- List of high-ranking commanders of the Turkish War of Independence
- Battle of Afyonkarahisar–Eskişehir
Sources
[edit]- ^ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 234. (in Turkish)
External links
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