Cemil Conk

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 the Gallipoli campaign in World War I. After the war, he participated in the Turkish War of Independence where he fought against the Greeks on the western front.[2]

Cemil Conk[1]
Born1873 (1873)
Constantinople (Istanbul), Ottoman Empire
Died1963 (1964) (aged 90)
Istanbul, Turkey
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
 Turkey
Years of serviceOttoman Empire: 1892–1921
Turkey: August 30, 1921 – November 1, 1931
RankMajor general
Commands held36th 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/warsBalkan Wars
First World War
War of Independence

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

See also

Sources

  1. T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 25. (in Turkish)
  2. "EMRE AKÖZ - Gitti ulusalcı, geldi milliyetçi".
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