Erka Group | Leutenant Mehmet Fevzi Efendi

Leutenant Mehmet Fevzi Efendi

He was a precious officer whose name recorded
in handwriting by Atatürk in his Notebook.

Lieutenant Mehmet Fevzi Efendi was born in Bigadiç in 1891. After Bursa Military High School, he graduated from Istanbul War Academy in 1912 as ranking second. He passed exam for staff officer. But just after he joined the 1^st Balkan War. Lieutenant Mehmet Fevzi Efendi was appointed to 2^nd Company, 1^st Battalion, 38^th Regiment, 13^th Division, 5^th Selanik Army Corps of the Vardar Army. He was captured as prisoner, taken to Korfu Island. He returned hometown during population exchange.He joined Gallipoli War right after the Balkan War.

Lieutenant Mehmet Fevzi Efendi died a martyr in Said Bair (Arıburnu) after having 12 wounds when he was in the 2^nd Company, 1^st Battalion, 77^th Regiment, 19^th Division, 3^rd Army Corps of the 5^th Army. He was at his 25.

He was a precious officer whose name recorded in handwriting by Atatürk in his Notebook.