Mehmet Nâzım Bey

Turkish officer

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).

See also

• List of high-ranking commanders of the Turkish War of Independence
• Battle of Afyonkarahisar–Eskişehir

Sources

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. (in Turkish)

External links

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