Cemil Cahit Toydemir

Cemil Cahit Toydemir
1318-P. 311[1]
Born1883 (1883)
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
DiedJuly 15, 1956(1956-07-15) (aged 72–73)
Istanbul, Turkey
Buried
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
 Turkey
Years of serviceOttoman Empire: 1902–1920
Turkey: May 1919 – June 15, 1946
RankGeneral
Commands53rd Regiment, 33rd Division (deputy), 4th Caucasian, 1st Caucasian Division
5th Caucasian, 10th Division, Inspector of the Thrace 1st Gendarmerie Area, 41st Division, 11th Division, Undersecretary of the Army of the Ministry of National Defense, V Corps, deputy president of the Military Supreme Court, General Commander of the Gendarmerie, XX Corps, president of the Military Supreme Court, First Army
Battles / warsItalo-Turkish War
Balkan Wars
First World War
Turkish War of Independence
Other workMember of the GNAT (Istanbul)
Minister of National Defence

Cemil Cahit Toydemir (1883 – July 15, 1956) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army of Circassian origin. He served in Caucasus front in WWI, after Armistice of Mudros he joined Turkish National Movement and attended Sivas Congress.[2]

  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. 183. (in Turkish)
  2. ^ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genelkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, s. 183.