Reşat Çiğiltepe

Reşat Çiğiltepe
1311-P. 80[1]
Born1879 (1879)
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died27 August 1922(1922-08-27) (aged 42–43)
Istanbul, Turkey
Buried
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
 Turkey
Years of serviceOttoman: 1899-1918
Turkey: December 14, 1919-August 27, 1922
RankMiralay
Commands17th Regiment, 53rd Division
11th Caucasian Division, 21st Division, 57th Division
Battles / warsItalo-Turkish War
Balkan Wars
First World War
Turkish War of Independence

Reşat Çiğiltepe (1879; Istanbul - August 27, 1922; Çiğiltepe, Sandıklı) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army. He committed suicide on 27 August 1922 during the Battle of Dumlupınar, because he promised his commander, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, that he would capture the strategically-located village of Hacan within 30 minutes. Because his unit couldn't reach that objective, he committed suicide. The village was captured 45 minutes after his death, and later renamed "Çiğiltepe" in his honor. He is one of the most honored heroes of the Turkish War of Independence.

See also

Sources

  1. ^ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 62. (in Turkish)