Şefik Avni Özüdoğru Explained

Şefik Avni Özdoğru 1319-İs. 1^[1]
Birth Place:	Samsun, Ottoman Empire
Death Place:	Samsun, Turkey
Allegiance:	Turkey
Serviceyears:	Ottoman: 1903 – September 23, 1918 Turkey: May 1920 – February 29, 1921
Rank:	Kaymakam
Commands:	1st division of the Third Army, 17th Division (deputy), Chief of Staff of the XV Corps, Chief of Staff of the XIV Corps, Chief of Staff of the IV Corps, Chief of Staff of the Sinai Front, Chief of Staff of the III Corps, Chief of Staff of the VIII Corps, 55th Division (deputy) 15th Division
Battles:	Italo-Turkish War Balkan Wars First World War War of Independence
Laterwork:	Mayor of Samsun

Şefik Avni Özdoğru (1884 in Samsun – July 3, 1960 in Samsun) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and of the Turkish Army. Mayor of Samsun (March – June 1925). He was a younger brother of Talat Avni (Özüdoğru).^[2]

Works

• Keşif
• Ağır Topçuların Eğitimi

Medals and decorations

• Order of the Medjidie 4th class
• Prussia Iron Cross
• Austria-Hungary Military Merit Medal (Austria-Hungary)
• Austria-Hungary Order of the Iron Crown (Austria)
• Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon

See also

• List of high-ranking commanders of the Turkish War of Independence

Notes and References

1. T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 189.
2. Türk Parlamento Tarihi Araştırma Grubu, TBMB – II. Dönem 1923–1927 – III. Cilt: II. Dönem Milletvekillerin Özgeçmişleri, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Vakfı Yayınları, Ankara, 1995,, pp. 185–186.