Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez
 Cafer Tayyar (Eğilmez) | |
| Born | 1877 Priştine (Pristina), Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (modern Kosovo) |
| Died | January 3, 1958 (aged 80–81) Istanbul, Turkey |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance |  Ottoman Empire Turkey |
| Years of service | Ottoman: 1901–1920 Turkey: 1920 – January 1928 |
| Rank | Mirliva |
| Commands | 1st Division, II Corps, I Corps, II Corps, I Corps Trakya Kuva-yi Milliye, VII Corps |
| Battles / wars | Balkan Wars First World War Turkish War of Independence |
| Other work | Member of the GNAT (Edirne) Governor of the Samsun Province |
Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez or Cafer Bey (1877 – January 3, 1958) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. He participated in the Defense of Gallipoli during World War I and after the war had ended, he joined the forces of Mustafa Kemal Pasha and fought in the Turkish War of Independence.
See also
[edit]Sources
[edit]- ^ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 129. (in Turkish)
External lınks
[edit]- Zülal Keleş, "Cafer Tayyar Paşa" Archived March 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi Dergisi, Sayı 44, Cilt: XV, Temmuz 1999. (in Turkish)
External links
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Media related to Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez at Wikimedia Commons
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Categories:
- 1877 births
- 1958 deaths
- Military personnel from Pristina
- People from Kosovo vilayet
- Progressive Republican Party (Turkey) politicians
- Deputies of Edirne
- Ottoman Army officers
- Turkish Army generals
- Ottoman military personnel of the Balkan Wars
- Ottoman military personnel of World War I
- Turkish military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
- Turkish prisoners of war
- Ottoman Military Academy alumni
- Ottoman Military College alumni
- Recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red-Green Ribbon (Turkey)
- Burials at Karacaahmet Cemetery