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Bekir Sami Günsav

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Bekir Sami Günsav
1315-P. 16[1]
Miralay Bekir Sami Bey
Born1879 (1879)
Bandırma, Hüdavendigâr Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died9 September 1934(1934-09-09) (aged 54–55)
Istanbul, Turkey
Buried
Karacaahmet Cemetery
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
 Turkey
Years of serviceOttoman: 1900–1920
Turkey: 1920–1924
RankMiralay
Commands held43rd Regiment, 5th Expeditionary Force, 52nd Division, Chataldja Defense Line, Department of Export and Order
56th Division, XVII Corps (deputy), XX Corps, Muğla and Antalya Area Command, Military Representative to Northern Caucasus
Battles/warsBalkan Wars
First World War
War of Independence

Bekir Sami Günsav (1879; Bandırma – 1934; Istanbul) was an officer who servered for the Ottoman Army and Turkish Army.

He was born in the village of Haydar in the district of Bandırma to father Hasan Bey and mother Aishe. Hasan Bey was a member of the Circassian family who moved from Caucasus to Anatolia. Their family name was Zarukhue.[2]

He fought the first stage the Turkish War of Independence as the commander of 56th Division.

Works

(Ed. Muhittin Ünal), Miralay Bekir Sami Günsav'ın Kurtuluş Savaşı Anıları, Cem Yayınevi, 2002, ISBN 975-406-510-1.

See also

Sources

  1. ^ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademlerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 107. Template:Tr icon
  2. ^ Hamdi Gürler, Kurtuluş Savaşı'nda Albay Bekir Sami Günsav (Mayıs – Haziran 1919), Genelkurmay Basım Evi, 1994, ISBN 975-409-006-8, p. 21.
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