Salih Bozok

Salih Bozok (1881 – April 25, 1941) was an officer of the Ottoman Army, later the Turkish Army and a politician of the Republic of Turkey. He was the chief aide-de-camp of Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk), the founder of modern Turkey.[1]

Salih Bozok
BornDecember 1881
Salonica (Thessaloniki), Ottoman Empire
Died25 April 1941(1941-04-25) (aged 59–60)
Istanbul, Turkey
Buried
Cebeci Askerî Şehitliği
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
 Turkey
Years of serviceOttoman Empire: 1903 – November 1918
Turkey: 1920–?
RankLieutenant colonel
Commands heldChief aide-de-camp of the commander of the Second Army
Chief aide-de-camp of the commander of the Seventh Army
Battles/warsBalkan Wars
World War I
Turkish War of Independence
Spouse(s)Düriye Bozok
Pakize Bozok
Other workMember of the TBMM
Member of the administrative board of the Türkiye İş Bankası

Bozok was a close childhood and lifelong friend of Atatürk, both having been born in 1881 in Salonica and having attended the Monastir Military High School together. On November 10, 1938, upon witnessing the dead body of Atatürk in the latter's bedroom of Dolmabahçe Palace, a distraught and stunned Bozok stepped outside and shot himself through the chest with a pistol. However, the bullet narrowly missed his heart, and Bozok did not succumb to his fatal wound until April 1941.

Bozok's life and friendship with Atatürk was depicted in the successful 2010 Turkish film Veda.

Works
  • (Salih Bozok - Cemil S.Bozok) , Hep Atatürk'ün Yanında", ATATÜRK VAKFI YAYINLARI, Istanbul 2019,
  • (Can Dündar), Yaveri Atatürk'ü Anlatıyor, Doğan Kitapçılık, Istanbul, 2001.
  • (Cemil S. Bozok), Hep Atatürk'ün Yanında, Çağdaş Yayınları, Istanbul, 1985.

Medals and Decorations
gollark: Pillow dragons would manage to win by being cute and/or absorbing impacts easily.
gollark: Also, nexuses/nexi are powerful, according to the description.
gollark: Nebulae would win fights by saying "Hey, stop fighting me! Look at this cool constellation here? See that star there? It's 500 light-years from this planet, and the latest data shows that it might have habitable planets! Cool, right?" and distracting their opponents.
gollark: ```Despite their great size and strength, Celestial Dragons are a peaceful breed named for their spectral, starry appearance. Little else is known about them, as they spend the vast majority of their lives partially phased out of the plane of existence through the use of powerful magic. Celestial Dragons are thought to assume their corporeal form only long enough to reproduce or to die; the rest of the time, they resemble living, breathing constellations, impervious to all physical and magical harm.```
gollark: And don't forget celestials.

See also

Sources

{https://yenisayfaonline.com/2018/05/11/nesilden-nesile-salih-bozok/}

Media related to Salih Bozok at Wikimedia Commons

  1. Türk Parlamento Tarihi Araştırma Grubu, TBMB - II. Dönem 1923-1927 - III. Cilt: II. Dönem Milletvekillerin Özgeçmişleri, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Vakfı Yayınları, Ankara, 1995, ISBN 975-7291-04-8, pp. 155-156.
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