Bigalı Mehmet Çavuş

Bigalı Mehmet Çavuş
NicknameMehmetçik
Born1878
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Died (aged 86)
Bahçeli village, Biga, Çanakkale, Turkey
AllegianceOttoman Empire
BranchOttoman Army
RankSergeant
Unit10th Company, 3rd Battalion, 27th Regiment of the 9th Division
ConflictsBalkan Wars,
Gallipoli campaign (World War I)
AwardsOttoman War Medal

Bigalı Mehmet Çavuş (1878 – 3 February 1964; literally "Sergeant Mehmet of Biga") was an Ottoman Army sergeant, who fought during the Gallipoli Campaign of World War I. He is remembered as a hero, and is considered to be the eponym of the common name "Mehmetçik" used for a Turkish soldier.

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