Yakup Satar was, at 110, believed to have been the last Turkish

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 veteran of the First World War

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. He died at age 110.

Born in Crimea

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, Satar joined the army of the Ottoman Empire

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 in 1915. On February 23, 1917, he was taken prisoner by the British

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 in the Baghdad

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 campaign's Second Battle of Kut

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. Freed after the end of the war, Satar then served in the forces of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

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 in the Turkish War of Independence

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, which lasted from 1919 to 1923.

Shortly before his 110th birthday

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, he was treated for a minor infection at a military hospital before being released home, where he lived with his daughter in the Seyitgazi

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 district of Eskişehir

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. He died soon after turning 110.

His memories from the War of Independence and his daily life along with those of two other veterans, Ömer Küyük

Ömer Küyük

Ömer Küyük was one of the last Turkish veterans of the Turkish War of Independence .Called , he fought in the Independence War as a marksman private....

 and Veysel Turan

Veysel Turan

Veysel Turan was one of the last Turkish veterans of the Turkish War of Independence .Taking his horse cart with from his village in Konya Province, he volunteerly joined Kuvayi Milliye under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal to fight against the Allies partitioning the Ottoman Empire after it was...

, are depicted in the documentary film Son Buluşma

Son Bulusma

Son Buluşma is a Turkish documentary film produced in 2007 and directed by Nesli Çölgeçen. The film depicts the memoires and the daily life of the three last veterans of the Turkish War of Independence, Ömer Küyük, Veysel Turan and Yakup Satar....

(2007) (The Last Meeting) by Nesli Çölgeçen.

See also

• Crimean Tatars
  Crimean Tatars
  Crimean Tatars or Crimeans are a Turkic ethnic group that originally resided in Crimea. They speak the Crimean Tatar language...
  
  
• Last surviving World War I veteran by country
  Last surviving World War I veteran by country
  The last surviving veteran of World War I per country is shown in the table below, along with any living veterans.-See also:*List of last living war veterans*List of surviving veterans of World War I...
  
  
• Veterans of the First World War who died in 2008
• Mustafa Şekip Birgöl
  Mustafa Sekip Birgöl
  Mustafa Şekip Birgöl , a retired Turkish colonel, was the last veteran of the Turkish War of Independence .-Biography:...
  
  , last veteran of the Turkish War of Independence

External links

• The Times: Yakup Satar obituary
• The Times: Yakup Satar, The last Turkish veteran of the First World War who also fought for the independence of Turkey
• http://www.kenthaber.com/Arsiv/Haberler/2005/Mart/18/Haber_52556.aspx