Ahmet Muhtar Merter

Ahmet Muhtar Merter, also known as Ahmed Muhtar Bey (? İstanbul - 1959; Istanbul) was a Turkish irregular fighter in the Turkish War of Independence.

In İstanbul the citypart Merter is named after him. A picture of him hangs inside the museum of the Anıtkabir. There is also an elementary school in Merter named after him. For three years from 1957, 1958 and 1959 Muhtar was the President or so called Ağa of the Turkish national sport Yağlı güreş.^[1] .

References

^ List of Ağas (Turkish).

Information Ahmet Muhtar Merter (Turkish)

Literature

Trakya'da Milli Mücadele, Tevik Biyiklioğlu, 1.Cilt, İkinci baski 1987, Türk Tarih Kurumu Basimevi-Ankara
Atatürk ve Milli Mücadelede Tekirdağ, Mehmet Serez, T.C. Tekirdağ Valiliğ Yayinlari-1988

Persondata
Name	Merter, Ahmet Muhtar
Alternative names
Short description	Turkish freedomfighter
Date of birth	?
Place of birth	Istanbul
Date of death	1959
Place of death	Istanbul