Ömer Halis Bıyıktay

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Ömer Halis Bıyıktay 1321-P. 44^[1]

Born	1883 (1883) Erzincan, Ottoman Empire
Died	25 December 1939(1939-12-25) (aged 55–56) Istanbul, Turkey
Buried	State Cemetery
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire Turkey
Years of service	Ottoman Empire: 1905-1919 Turkey:1919-December 25, 1939
Rank	General
Commands held	Staff of the Iraq Area Command, Chief of Staff of the 6th Division, Chief of Staff of the 52nd Division, Staff of Euphrates Group, Deputy chief of the 1st division of the Seventh Army, Chief of Staff of the XX Corps, 172nd Regiment 172nd Infantry Regiment, 23rd Division, Chief of division of Army of the Ministry of National Defense, Vice undersecretary of the Ministry of National Defense, Undersecretary of Ground Forces of the Ministry of National Defense, 3rd Division, Chief of Military Training of the Ministry of National Defense, Istanbul Command
Battles/wars	Italo-Turkish War Balkan Wars First World War War of Independence

Ali Fuat Erden, Ömer Halis Bıyıktay and Mustafa Kemal Atatürk during the Grand Maneuvers in Thrace, August 1937

Ömer Halis Bıyıktay (1883; Erzincan - December 25, 1939; Istanbul) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. During the Turkish War of Independence, he played a major role in the Turkish–Armenian War where he led his forces and captured huge territories from the Armenians.^[2]

Sources

^ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 225. (in Turkish)
^ "Ömer Halis Bıyıktay - Biyografya".