Mehmet Arif Bey
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Mehmet Arif Bey
OR:
Mehmet Arif Bey on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

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 () was the armed forces of the Ottoman Empire. It was founded in 1299 and dissolved in 1922. Army The Military of the Ottoman Empire can be divided in five main periods. The foundation era covers the years ...
and the
Turkish Army The Turkish Land Forces () is the main branch of the Turkish Armed Forces responsible for Army, land-based military operations. The army was formed on November 8, 1920, after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Significant campaigns since 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

*
Gallipoli Star (Ottoman Empire) The Ottoman War Medal () was a military decoration awarded by the Ottoman Empire. It was commonly known in English as the Gallipoli Star and in German as the ''Eiserner Halbmond'' (Iron Crescent, in allusion to the Iron Cross). It was instituted ...
* Silver Medal of Liyaqat * Prussia
Iron Cross The Iron Cross (, , abbreviated EK) was a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, the German Empire (1871–1918), and Nazi Germany (1933–1945). The design, a black cross pattée with a white or silver outline, was derived from the in ...
* Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon and Citation


See also

*
List of high-ranking commanders of the Turkish War of Independence This list includes high-ranking commanders who took part in the Turkish War of Independence: See also * Turkish State Cemetery#Burials * List of recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red-Green Ribbon (Turkey) Footnotes References ...


Sources


External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mehmet Arif 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