Ahmet Zeki Soydemir Explained

Ahmet Zeki Soydemir
1321-P. 5[1]
Birth Place:Selanik (Thessaloniki), Ottoman Empire
Death Place:Istanbul, Turkey
Placeofburial:Edirnekapı Şehitliği
State Cemetery
Allegiance:
Turkey
Serviceyears:Ottoman: 1905-
Turkey: - 17 December 1934
Rank:Tümgeneral (Major general)
Commands:21st Regiment (deputy), Staff of the II Corps, Chief of Staff of the 48th Division, Chief of Staff of the III Corps
7th Mounted Infantry Division (deputy), Chief of Staff of the Southern Front, 6th Division, Provisional Division, 2nd Cavalry Division, General Commander of the Gendarmerie, 15th Division, 1st Cavalry Division, 57th Division, 1st Cavalry Division, Chief of staff of the First Army
Battles:Balkan Wars
First World War
War of Independence
Turkish capture of Smyrna
Laterwork:Member of the GNAT (Erzurum)
Member of the GNAT (Çankırı)

Ahmet Zeki Soydemir (1883; Selanik (Thessaloniki) - 4 September 1954; Istanbul) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. The division under the command of Soydemir was one of the first to capture Smyrna from the Greek Army 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. 221.