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Mehmet Suphi Kula

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Mehmet Suphi Kula
1316-Sv. 57[1]
Born1881 (1881)
Monastir (Bitola), Ottoman Empire
DiedOctober 19, 1948(1948-10-19) (aged 66–67)
Istanbul, Turkey
Buried
State Cemetery
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
 Turkey
Years of serviceOttoman: 1901–1920
Turkey: 1920–1931
RankMirliva
CommandsCavalry 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 / warsBalkan 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.

See also

Commander of the 14th Cavalry Division, Colonel Mehmet Suphi Kula on the 16th of September 1922 after the Liberation of Çeşme with field uniform.

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. 138. (in Turkish) (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)
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