![]() Cafer Tayyar (Eğilmez) | |
Born | 1877 Priştine (Pristina), Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (modern Kosovo) |
Died | January 3, 1958 Istanbul, Turkey | (aged 80–81)
Buried | |
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Years of service | Ottoman: 1901–1920 Turkey: 1920 – January 1928 |
Rank | Mirliva |
Commands held | 1st Division, II Corps, I Corps, II Corps, I Corps Trakya Kuva-yi Milliye, VII Corps |
Battles/wars | Balkan Wars First World War War of Independence |
Other work | Member of the GNAT (Edirne) Governor of the Samsun Province |
Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez or Cafer Bey (1877 – January 3, 1958) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. He participated in the Defense of Gallipoli during World War I and after the war had ended, he joined the forces of Mustafa Kemal Pasha and fought in 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. 129. (in Turkish)
External lınks
[edit]- Zülal Keleş, "Cafer Tayyar Paşa" Archived March 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi Dergisi, Sayı 44, Cilt: XV, Temmuz 1999. (in Turkish)
External links
[edit] Media related to Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez at Wikimedia Commons