Şerif Yaçağaz

Şerif Yaçağaz (1876 – 5 October 1938) was a Turkish career officer, civil servant and antisemitic politician, who served as an officer in the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army. His antisemitic and anti-communist lectures drew the attention of Turkish nationalist Nihâl Atsız.

Şerif Yaçağaz 1314-c-P. 94[1]
Born	1876 Pazardzhik, Ottoman Empire
Died	5 October 1938(1938-10-05) (aged 61–62)
Buried	State Cemetery
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire  Turkey
Years of service	Ottoman Empire: 1899-1920 Turkey: 1920-July 17, 1923
Rank	Brigadier
Commands	161st Regiment, Istanbul Central Command (vice) Yozgat Area Command, Mutasarrif of Yozgat, 41st Division, 2nd Division, Istanbul Central Command
Battles / wars	Balkan Wars First World War Turkish War of Independence

Medals and decorations

• Order of Osminieh with Sword
• Order of the Medjidie
• Gallipoli Star (Ottoman Empire)
• Silver Medal of Liyakat
• Silver Medal of Imtiyaz
• Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon

See also

• List of high-ranking commanders of the Turkish War of Independence

Sources

1. T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 98. (in Turkish)