Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez

Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez (1877 – January 3, 1958) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army.

Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez
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Cafer Tayyar (Eğilmez)
Born1877 (1877)
Priştine (Pristina), Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
DiedJanuary 3, 1958(1958-01-03) (aged 80–81)
Istanbul, Turkey
Buried
Karacaahmet Mezarlığı
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
 Turkey
Years of serviceOttoman: 1901–1920
Turkey: 1920 – January 1928
RankMirliva
Commands held1st Division, II Corps, I Corps, II Corps, I Corps
Trakya Kuva-yi Milliye, VII Corps
Battles/warsBalkan Wars
First World War
War of Independence
Other workMember of the GNAT (Edirne)
Governor of the Samsun Province

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. 129. (in Turkish)

External lınks
  • Zülal Keleş, "Cafer Tayyar Paşa", Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi Dergisi, Sayı 44, Cilt: XV, Temmuz 1999. (in Turkish)

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