Ömer Halis Bıyıktay
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| Ömer Halis Bıyıktay 1321-P. 44[1] |
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| Born | December 0, 1883 Erzincan, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 25 December 1939 (aged 56) Istanbul, Turkey |
| Buried at | State Cemetry |
| Allegiance |  Ottoman Empire (1905-1919) Turkey (1919-1939) |
| Years of service | 1905-1939 |
| Rank | Korgeneral |
| Commands held | Staff of the Iraq Area Command, Chief of Staff of the 6th Division, Chief of Staff of the 52nd Division, Staff of Euphrates Group, Deputy chief of the 1st division of the Seventh Army, Chief of Staff of the XX Corps, 172nd Regiment 172nd Infantry Regiment, 23rd Division, Chief of division of Army of the Ministry of National Defense, Vice undersecretary of of the Ministry of National Defense, Undersecretary of Ground Forces of the Ministry of National Defense, 3rd Division, Chief of Military Training of the Ministry of National Defense, Istanbul Command |
| Battles/wars | Italo-Turkish War Balkan Wars First World War War of Independence |
Ömer Halis Bıyıktay (1883; Erzincan - December 25, 1939; Istanbul) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army.
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[edit] Sources
- ^ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademlerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 225. (Turkish)
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Categories:
- 1883 births
- 1939 deaths
- People from Erzincan
- Ottoman Military Academy alumni
- Ottoman Military College alumni
- Ottoman Army officers
- Ottoman military personnel of the Italo-Turkish War
- Ottoman military personnel of the Balkan Wars
- Ottoman military personnel of World War I
- Turkish military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
- Recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon (Turkey)
- Turkish Army generals
- Burials at Turkish State Cemetery
