Mürsel Bakû (1881;

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– 2 February 1945;

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) was a Turkish officer of the

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and a general of the

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. He took part in the

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and commanded a contingent of the Ottoman forces during the

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. Following the defeat of the

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, he was arrested by the British in January 1919, prosecuted for war crimes and deported to

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as one of the

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. After his return from detention in

, he joined the forces of

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and took part in the recapture of

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from Greek forces during the

Turkish War of Independence , strength1 = May 1919: 35,000November 1920: 86,000Turkish General Staff, ''Türk İstiklal Harbinde Batı Cephesi'', Edition II, Part 2, Ankara 1999, p. 225August 1922: 271,000Celâl Erikan, Rıdvan Akın: ''Kurtuluş Savaşı tarih ...

in September 1922. He was the general of the Seventh Army, which took part in the defense of

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during the Sheikh Said Rebellion in 1924–1925.

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1881 births 1945 deaths People from Erzurum People from Erzurum vilayet 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 Ottoman prisoners of war World War I prisoners of war held by the United Kingdom Malta exiles Turkish military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) Recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon (Turkey) Turkish Army generals Deputies of Kocaeli Burials at Turkish State Cemetery {{Turkey-mil-bio-stub

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