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Cemil Conk

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Rank
  
Mirliva


Name
  
Cemil Conk

Died
  
1963, Turkey

Cemil Conk

Born
  
1873 Constantinople (Istanbul), Ottoman Empire (
1873
)

Years of service
  
Ottoman: 1892–1921 Turkey: August 30, 1921 – November 1, 1931

Commands held
  
36th Regiment, 4th Division, 54th Division, 41st Division 11th Division, 18th Division, President of the Infantry Shooting School, Inspector of the Infantry and Machin Guns, 4th Division, II Corps (deputy)

Battles/wars
  
Balkan Wars First World War War of Independence

Battles and wars
  
Balkan Wars, World War I, Turkish War of Independence

Allegiance
  
Ottoman Empire  Turkey

Cemil Conk (1873 in Üsküdar – 1963 in Istanbul) was a decorated officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. He received as surname the name of Conk Bayırı, where he successfully fought at the Battle of Chunuk Bair (Conk Bayırı in Turkish) during World War I.

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Works

  • Cemil Conk, Hatıraları: Balkan Harbi 1912–1913. [Çanakkale Seferi 1915], Türkiye Yayınevi, 1947.
  • Cemil Conk, Çanakkale Conkbayırı Savaşları, Erkânıharbiyei Umumiye Basımevi, 1959.

    • Medals and decorations

  • Order of the Medjidie 3rd Class
  • Silver Medal of Liyakat
  • Gallipoli Star (Ottoman Empire)
  • Silver Medal of Imtiyaz
  • Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon

    • References

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