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Ahmet Zeki Soydemir
1321-P. 5
Born1883 (1883)
Selanik (Thessaloniki), Ottoman Empire
Died4 September 1954(1954-09-04) (aged 70–71)
Istanbul, Turkey
BuriedEdirnekapı Şehitliği
State Cemetery
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
 Turkey
Years of serviceOttoman: 1905-
Turkey: - 17 December 1934
RankTümgeneral (Major general)
Commands21st Regiment (deputy), Staff of the II Corps, Chief of Staff of the 48th Division, Chief of Staff of the III Corps
7th Mounted Infantry Division (deputy), Chief of Staff of the Southern Front, 6th Division, Provisional Division, 2nd Cavalry Division, General Commander of the Gendarmerie, 15th Division, 1st Cavalry Division, 57th Division, 1st Cavalry Division, Chief of staff of the First Army
Battles / warsBalkan Wars
First World War
Turkish War of Independence
Turkish capture of Smyrna
Other workMember of the GNAT (Erzurum)
Member of the GNAT (Çankırı)

Ahmet Zeki Soydemir (1883; Selanik (Thessaloniki) - 4 September 1954; Istanbul) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. The division under the command of Soydemir was one of the first to capture Smyrna from the Greek Army during the Turkish War of Independence.

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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. 221. (in Turkish)

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Military offices
Preceded byBaha Hurşit Süel General Commander of Gendarmerie
15 June 1924–28 August 1928 		Succeeded byKâzım Orbay
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