Osman Zati Korol
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| Born | 1880 Smyrna (İzmir), Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 21 September 1946 (aged 65–66) İzmir, Turkey |
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| Allegiance | .svg){kind=small} Ottoman Empire Turkey |
| Years of service | Ottoman: 1904–1920 Turkey: December 11, 1920 – July 27, 1938 |
| Rank | Mirliva |
| Commands | Staff of the Dardanelles Fortified Area Command Chief of Staff of Ankara Command, Infantry Brigade of the 1st Division, 3rd Cavalry Division (deputy), Infantry Brigade of the 1st Division, 1st Cavalry Division, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Western Front, War Division, 3rd Caucasian Division, General Director of the Military Factories, member of the Military Court of Cassation |
| Battles / wars | Balkan Wars First World War Turkish War of Independence |
Osman Zati Korol (1880 – September 21, 1946) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and later a general of the Turkish Army. A native of Smyrna, he participated in the Caucasus campaign against the Russians during World War I. He later led the defence and recapture of İzmir from the Greek Army during the Turkish War of Independence.
See also
[edit]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. 208. (in Turkish)
Categories:
- 1880 births
- 1946 deaths
- Military personnel from İzmir
- Ottoman Imperial School of Military Engineering alumni
- Ottoman Military College alumni
- Ottoman Army officers
- Ottoman military personnel of the Balkan Wars
- Ottoman military personnel of World War I
- Turkish Army generals
- Turkish military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
- Recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon (Turkey)