Ömer Küyük was one of the last Turkish

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 veterans of the Turkish War of Independence

Turkish War of Independence

The Turkish War of Independence was a war of independence waged by Turkish nationalists against the Allies, after the country was partitioned by the Allies following the Ottoman Empire's defeat in World War I...

 (1919-1923).

Called , he fought in the Independence War as a marksman

Marksman

A marksman is a person who is skilled in precision, or a sharpshooter shooting, using projectile weapons, such as with a rifle but most commonly with a sniper rifle, to shoot at long range targets...

 private

Private (rank)

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.

He lived in the small town of Iskilip

Iskilip

İskilip is a district of Çorum Province of Turkey, on the left bank of the River Kızılırmak, located at 56 km from the city of Çorum, 100 miles northeast of Ankara and 60 miles southeast of Kastamonu. It covers an area of 1,187 km², and the elevation is 2460 ft . Population is about 39,124 of...

 in Çorum Province

Çorum Province

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, and died on January 13, 2006 at the age of 106.

His memoires from the War of Independence and his daily life along with the of two other veterans, 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...

 and Yakup Satar

Yakup Satar

Yakup Satar was, at 110, believed to have been the last Turkish veteran of the First World War. He died at age 110....

, 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.