Mahmut Nedim Hendek (1880;
Caucasus – 21 April 1920;
Hendek
Hendek is a town and a district of Sakarya Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. The municipality was founded in 1907. The mayor of the city is Ali İnci ( AKP).
Notable natives
* Gaffar Okkan (1952–2001), assassinated police chief
* Süle ...
) was an officer of the
Ottoman Army and the
Turkish Army. He was born to an ethnic
Circassian family which later fled Russia to the
Ottoman Empire. Hendek's birth name was Mahmut Nedim however he was later given the name ''Hendek'' due to his death whilst fighting against occupying Greek forces in
Hendek
Hendek is a town and a district of Sakarya Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. The municipality was founded in 1907. The mayor of the city is Ali İnci ( AKP).
Notable natives
* Gaffar Okkan (1952–2001), assassinated police chief
* Süle ...
on 21 April 1920.
Medals and decorations
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Gallipoli Star (Ottoman Empire)
The Gallipolli Star is a military decoration awarded by the Ottoman Empire. It was known as the Ottoman War Medal ( tr, Harp Madalyası) or the Iron Crescent (from German ''Eiserner Halbmond'', in allusion to the Iron Cross). It was instituted b ...
*
Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon
*
Order of the Medjidie 5th class
See also
*
*
List of members of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey who died in office
Sources
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1880 births
1920 deaths
People from the Ottoman Empire of Circassian descent
Turkish people of Circassian descent
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 Army officers
Turkish military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
Turkish military personnel killed in action
Burials at Turkish State Cemetery
Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie, 5th class
Recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon (Turkey)