Ahmet Zeki Soydemir

Ahmet Zeki Soydemir (1883; Salonica (Thessaloniki) - Sep 4, 1954; Istanbul) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army.

Ahmet Zeki Soydemir
1321-P. 5[1]
Born1883 (1883)
Salonica (Thessaloniki), Ottoman Empire
Died4 September 1954(1954-09-04) (aged 70–71)
Istanbul, Turkey
Buried
Edirnekapı Şehitliği
State Cemetery
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
 Turkey
Years of serviceOttoman: 1905-
Turkey: - December 17, 1934
RankTümgeneral (Major general)
Commands held21st Regiment (deputy), Staff of the II Corps, Chief of Staff of the 48th Division, Chief of Staff of the III Corps
7th Mounted Infantry Division (deputy), Chief of Staff of the Southern Front, 6th Division, Provisional Division, 2nd Cavalry Division, General Commander of the Gendarmerie, 15th Division, 1st Cavalry Division, 57th Division, 1st Cavalry Division, Chief of staff of the First Army
Battles/warsBalkan Wars
First World War
War of Independence
Other workMember of the GNAT (Erzurum)
Member of the GNAT (Çankırı)

See also

Sources

  1. T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 221. (in Turkish)

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Military offices
Preceded by
Baha Hurşit Süel
General Commander of Gendarmerie
June 15, 1924August 28, 1928
Succeeded by
Kâzım Orbay
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