Mehmet Arif Bey (1882 – 13 July 1926), also known as "Ayıcı" Arif ("Bear-Leader Arif"), was an officer of the
Ottoman Army
The military of the Ottoman Empire ( tr, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nun silahlı kuvvetleri) was the armed forces of the Ottoman Empire.
Army
The military of the Ottoman Empire can be divided in five main periods. The foundation era covers the ...
and the
Turkish Army
The Turkish Land Forces ( tr, Türk Kara Kuvvetleri), or Turkish Army (Turkish: ), is the main branch of the Turkish Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. The army was formed on November 8, 1920, after the collapse of the ...
.
Works
*''Anadolu İnkılabı ve Mücahedat-ı Milliye Hatırası (1335 - 1339)'' (reprinted as ''Anadolu İnkılabı ve Millî Mücadele Anıları (1919-1923)'', Arba Yayınları, 1987.)
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 ...
* Silver
Medal of Liyaqat
* Prussia
Iron Cross
The Iron Cross (german: link=no, Eisernes Kreuz, , abbreviated EK) was a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1871–1918) and Nazi Germany (1933–1945). King Frederick William III of Prussia e ...
*
Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon and Citation
See also
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Sources
External links
*Mustafa Armağan
Zafersiz kahraman İnönü ''Zaman'', 21 February 2010 .
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1882 births
1926 deaths
People from Adana
Ottoman Military Academy alumni
Ottoman Military College alumni
Ottoman Army officers
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 Army officers
Deputies of Eskişehir
People executed for treason against Turkey
20th-century executions for treason
Executed military personnel
Executed Turkish people
Recipients of the Liakat Medal
Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914)
Recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon (Turkey)
People executed by Turkey by hanging