Cemil Cahit Toydemir

Cemil Cahit Toydemir
1318-P. 311[1]

Some nationalists at the Sivas Congress. Left to right: Muzaffer Kılıç, Rauf, Bekir Sami, Mustafa Kemal, Ruşen Eşref, Cemil Cahit, Cevat Abbas
Born December 0, 1883(1883-12-00)
Constantinople (Istanbul), Ottoman Empire
Died July 15, 1956(1956-07-15) (aged 73)
Istanbul, Turkey
Buried at Edirnekapı Şehitliği
State Cemetry
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
 Turkey
Years of service Ottoman: 1902–1920
Turkey: May 1919 – June 15, 1946
Rank Orgeneral
Commands held 53rd Regiment, 33rd Division (deputy), 4th Caucasian, 1st Caucasian Division
5th Caucasian, 10th Division, Inspector of the Thrace 1st Gendarmerie Area, 41st Division, 11th Division, Undersecretary of the Army of the Ministry of National Defence, V Corps, deputy president of the Military Supreme Court, General Commander of the Gendarmerie, XX Corps, president of the Military Supreme Court, First Army
Battles/wars Italo-Turkish War
Balkan Wars
First World War
War of Independence
Other work Member of the GNAT (Istanbul)
Minister of National Defence

Cemil Cahit Toydemir (1883; Constantinople (Istanbul) – July 15, 1956; Istanbul) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army.

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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. 183. (Turkish)
Military offices
Preceded by
Naci Tınaz
General Commanders of Gendarmerie
January 12, 1939–November 21, 1940
Succeeded by
Ali Rıza Altunkal
Preceded by
Fahrettin Altay
Inspector of the First Army
December 17, 1933–June 15, 1946
Succeeded by
Salih Omurtak