Mehmet Suphi Kula

Mehmet Suphi Kula
1316-Sv. 57^[1]
Mehmet Suphi Kula; 1316-Sv. 57
Born	1881; Monastir (Bitola), Ottoman Empire
Died	October 19, 1948 (aged 66–67); Istanbul, Turkey
Buried	State Cemetery
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire; Turkey
Years of service	Ottoman: 1901–1920; Turkey: 1920–1931
Rank	Mirliva
Commands held	Cavalry Company of the headquarters of the IX Corps, Verification Committee of Istanbul Central Command; 6th Cavalry Division, 14th Cavalry Division, 1st Cavalry Division, member of the Military Court of Cassation
Battles/wars	Balkan Wars; First World War; War of Independence; Turkish capture of Smyrna

Mehmet Suphi Kula (1881; Monastir (Bitola) – October 19, 1948; Istanbul) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army. He captured Smyrna from the Greek forces during the Turkish War of Independence.

Sources[edit]

^ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 138. (in Turkish) (T.Ç. Head of the General Staff Military History Publications, Biographies of Commanders and Higher-Level Commanders Participating in the Turkish Independence War, Genkurmay Head Press, Ankara)