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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.




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


Order of the Medjidie 3rd Class
Silver Medal of Liyakat
Gallipoli Star (Ottoman Empire)
Silver Medal of Imtiyaz
Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon




See also


List of high-ranking commanders of the Turkish War of Independence




Sources

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• Cemil Conk
• Cemil
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• Gallipoli campaign
• Gallipoli Star
• List of high-ranking commanders of the Turkish War of Independence
• Ottoman Military College
• Outline of the Ottoman Empire
• Turkish State Cemetery
• Gevheri