Ahmet Zeki Soydemir

Ahmet Zeki Soydemir
1321-P. 5[1]
Ahmet Zeki Soydemir; 1321-P. 5[1]
Born	1883; Selanik (Thessaloniki), Ottoman Empire
Died	4 September 1954 (aged 70–71); Istanbul, Turkey
Buried	Edirnekapı Şehitliği; State Cemetery
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire; Turkey
Years of service	Ottoman: 1905-; Turkey: - December 17, 1934
Rank	Tümgeneral (Major general)
Commands held	21st Regiment (deputy), Staff of the II Corps, Chief of Staff of the 48th Division, Chief of Staff of the III Corps; 7th Mounted Infantry Division (deputy), Chief of Staff of the Southern Front, 6th Division, Provisional Division, 2nd Cavalry Division, General Commander of the Gendarmerie, 15th Division, 1st Cavalry Division, 57th Division, 1st Cavalry Division, Chief of staff of the First Army
Battles/wars	Balkan Wars; First World War; War of Independence; Turkish capture of Smyrna
Other work	Member of the GNAT (Erzurum); Member of the GNAT (Çankırı)

Ahmet Zeki Soydemir (1883; Selanik (Thessaloniki) - Sep 4, 1954; Istanbul) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. The division under the command of Soydemir was one of the first to capture Smyrna from the Greek Army during the Turkish War of Independence.

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. 221. (in Turkish)

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