Mehmet Suphi Kula Explained

Mehmet Suphi Kula
1316-Sv. 57[1]
Birth Place:Monastir (Bitola), Ottoman Empire (modern North Macedonia)
Death Place:Istanbul, Turkey
Placeofburial:State Cemetery
Allegiance:
Turkey
Serviceyears:Ottoman: 1901–1920
Turkey: 1920–1931
Rank:Mirliva
Commands:Cavalry Company of the headquarters of the IX Corps, Verification Committee of Istanbul Central Command
6th Cavalry Division, 14th Cavalry Division, 1st Cavalry Division, member of the Military Court of Cassation
Battles:Balkan Wars
First World War
War of Independence
Turkish capture of Smyrna

Mehmet Suphi Kula (1881; Monastir (Bitola) – October 19, 1948; Istanbul) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army. He captured Smyrna from the Greek forces during the Turkish War of Independence.

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  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. 138. (T.Ç. Head of the General Staff Military History Publications, Biographies of Commanders and Higher-Level Commanders Participating in the Turkish Independence War, Genkurmay Head Press, Ankara)