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Mahmut Nedim Hendek
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Born1880 (1880)
Caucasus, Russian Empire
Died21 April 1920(1920-04-21) (aged 39–40)
Hendek, Turkey
BuriedHendek
State Cemetery
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
 Turkey
Years of serviceOttoman: January 1901-1920
Turkey: 1920-April 21, 1920
RankKaymakam
CommandsChief aide-de-camp of the Second Army, Chief of Staff of the 3rd Cavalry Division, Chief of Staff of the XII Corps
24th Division
Battles / warsItalo-Turkish War
Balkan Wars
First World War
Turkish War of Independence

Mahmut Nedim Hendek (1880; Caucasus – 21 April 1920; Hendek) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army. He was born to an ethnic Circassian family which later fled Russia to the Ottoman Empire. Hendek's birth name was Mahmut Nedim however he was later given the name Hendek due to his death whilst fighting against occupying Greek forces in Hendek on 21 April 1920.

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Sources

  1. T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genelkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 142. (in Turkish)
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