Reşat Çiğiltepe

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Reşat Çiğiltepe
1311-P. 80[1]
Born (1879-12-00)December 0, 1879
Constantinople (Istanbul), Ottoman Empire
Died 27 August 1922(1922-08-27) (aged 43)
Istanbul, Turkey
Buried at Sandıklı
State Cemetery
Allegiance  Ottoman Empire
 Turkey
Years of service Ottoman: 1899-1918
Turkey: December 14, 1919-August 27, 1922
Rank Miralay
Commands held 17th Regiment, 53rd Division
11th Caucasian Division, 21st Division, 57th Division
Battles/wars Italo-Turkish War
Balkan Wars
First World War
War of Independence

Reşat [Çiğiltepe] (1879; Constantinople (Istanbul) - August 27, 1922; Çiğiltepe, Sandıklı) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army.

He committed suicide on 27 August 1922 during the Battle of Çiğiltepe (see Battle of Dumlupınar), because his unit couldn't reach its objective.

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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. 62. (Turkish)
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