Mehmet Arif | |
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Nickname(s) | "Ayıcı" Arif |
Born | 1882 Adana, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 13 July 1926 (aged 43–44) İzmir, Turkey |
Allegiance | Ottoman Empire Turkey |
Years of service | Ottoman Empire: 1902–1919 Turkey: 19 May 1919 – January 1922 |
Rank | Miralay |
Commands | Chief of Staff of the 5th Division, Infantry School Chief of Staff of the Inspectorate of Rear Area of the Eastern Armies 11th Division, 3rd Group, Secretary of the Commander-in-Chief, III Corps |
Battles / wars | Balkan Wars World War I Turkish War of Independence |
Awards | Gallipoli Star Silver Medal of Liyaqat Prussia Iron Cross Medal of Independence |
Other work | Member of the GNAT (Eskişehir) |
Mehmet Arif Bey (1882 – 13 July 1926), also known as "Ayıcı" Arif ("Bear-Leader Arif"), was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army.
Works
- Anadolu İnkılabı ve Mücahedat-ı Milliye Hatırası (1335 - 1339) (reprinted as Anadolu İnkılabı ve Millî Mücadele Anıları (1919-1923), Arba Yayınları, 1987.)
Medals and decorations
- Gallipoli Star (Ottoman Empire)
- Silver Medal of Liyaqat
- Prussia Iron Cross
- Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon and Citation
See also
Sources
- ^ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 151. (in Turkish)
External links
Media related to Mehmed Arif Bey at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- 1882 births
- 1926 deaths
- People from Adana
- Ottoman Military Academy alumni
- Ottoman Military College alumni
- Ottoman Army officers
- Ottoman military personnel of the Balkan Wars
- Ottoman military personnel of World War I
- Turkish military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
- Turkish Army officers
- Deputies of Eskişehir
- People executed for treason against Turkey
- 20th-century executions for treason
- Executed military personnel
- Executed Turkish people
- Recipients of the Liakat Medal
- Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914)
- Recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon (Turkey)
- People executed by Turkey by hanging