Topal Osman

Topal Osman Agha (1883 – April 1, 1923), born in Giresun, was a colonel of the late Ottoman Empire and early Republic of Turkey, and a veteran of the 1912-1913 Balkan Wars where he became lame (Turkish: topal). Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Giresun ( Greek: Κερασούντα, Pharnacia, Choerades) is the provincial capital of Giresun Province in the The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The Balkan Wars were two wars in South-eastern Europe in 1912–1913 in the course of which the Balkan League ( Bulgaria, Montenegro, Greece LAME is an Open source application used to encode audio into the MP3 file format Turkish ( tr Türkçe IPA) is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. He is tied to the Armenian Genocide,^[1] where he led a death squad and "repeatedly bragged about his murder missions against the Armenians". ^[2] After World War I, he fled to Sivas before being tried in connection with the deportations and massacres and joined the Turkish revolutionaries. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Sivas (the late-Classical and Medieval Sebastia, sometimes spelt Sebastea or Sebasteia, Greek: Σεβάστεια, Armenian Turkish revolutionaries ( Turkish: Kuvâyi Milliye or Kuvva-i Milliye) were Patriots of the Turkish national movement who rebelled against ^[3]

He published a newspaper called Gedikkaya in Giresun in 1920. Firstly he was condemned to death because of Armenian deportation. Then it was realized that he was at the front-line of the war during the deportation.

For his work in the national movement, Osman became commander of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's special "Bodyguard Regiment. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (19 May 1881 &ndash 10 November 1938 was an army officer revolutionary Statesman "^[4] After strangling Trabzon deputy Ali Şükrü Bey to death on March 27, 1923, due to Şükrü's criticism of Mustafa Kemal,^[5] he was killed in Ankara during an exchange of fire with the military units sent to capture him on 1923-04-01. Trabzon is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast Located in a strategically important region Trabzon is of the oldest Trade Port Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after İstanbul. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne ^[6] His body was later hanged in front of the Turkish Parliament^[2] and he now rests in Giresun^[7]. The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi - TBMM, usually referred to simply as Meclis - "the Parliament" is the Unicameral

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