Veysel Turan was one of the last Turkish

Turkey

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 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).

Taking his horse cart with from his village in Konya Province

Konya Province

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, he volunteerly joined Kuvayi Milliye under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

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 to fight against the Allies

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 partitioning the Ottoman Empire

Partitioning of the Ottoman Empire

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 after it was defeated in the World War I

World War I

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. Called "", he served as a combat medic

Combat medic

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 in the rank of a corporal

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 in the attack battalion of the 1st Division at the battles Dumlupınar

Battle of Dumlupinar

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, Sakarya

Battle of Sakarya

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, 2nd İnönü

Second Battle of Inönü

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 and the Great Offensive. His first duty in the battlefield was to collect the corpses of fallen soldiers with his cart.

He died on March 25, 2007 in Konya

Konya

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, where he was hospitalized in Meran State Hospital three days before due to kidney and hearth failure. He had 7 children and 25 grandchildren. Bedridden since a long time and speaking disabled since two years, he had been living together with his daughter Semiha Turan. After his death, only two veterans of the War of Independence, 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....

 and Mustafa Şekip Birgöl

Mustafa Sekip Birgöl

Mustafa Şekip Birgöl , a retired Turkish colonel, was the last veteran of the Turkish War of Independence .-Biography:...

 remained alive in Turkey.

His memoires from the War of Independence and his daily life along with the 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 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.