Mehmet Nâzım Bey

This is an Ottoman Turkish style name. Mehmet Nâzım is the given name, the title is Bey, and there is no family name.
Mehmet Nâzım Bey
1323-P. 3[1]
Born 1886
Kayseri, Ottoman Empire
Died 15 July 1921 (aged 3435)
Yumruçal, Turkey
Buried at Ankara Şehitliği
State Cemetery
Allegiance
Years of service
  • Ottoman: 1899-1919
  • Turkey: 1919-July 15, 1921
Rank Miralay
Commands held 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
Battles/wars

Mehmet Nâzım Bey (1886; Kayseri - July 15, 1921; Yumruçal) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army.

He was killed in action on July 15, 1921 during the Battle of Yumruçal (see Battle of Afyonkarahisar–Eskişehir).

See also

Sources

  1. T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademlerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 234. (Turkish)

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