Mürsel Bakü
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Mürsel Bakû was a Turkish officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Armed Forces. He took part in the Caucasus campaign and commanded a contingent of the Ottoman forces during the Battle of Baku.
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Mürsel Bakû was a Turkish officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Armed Forces. He took part in the Caucasus campaign and commanded a contingent of the Ottoman forces during the Battle of Baku. Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, he was arrested by the British in January 1919, prosecuted for war crimes and deported to Malta as one of the Malta Exiles. After his return from detention in Malta, he joined the forces of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and took part in the recapture of Smyrna from Greek forces during the Turkish War of Independence in September 1922. He was the general of the Seventh Army, which took part in the defense of Diyarbakır during the Sheikh Said Rebellion in 1924-1925.
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