Mehmet Nâzım Bey Explained

Mehmet Nâzım Bey
1323-P. 3[1]
Birth Date:1886
Death Date:15 July
Birth Place:Kayseri, Ankara Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Death Place:Yumruçal, Turkey
Placeofburial:Ankara Şehitliği
State Cemetery
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

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).

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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. 234.