Ahmet Fuat Bulca (1881 – September 14, 1962) was an officer of the
Ottoman Army and the
Turkish Army. He served as an
Ottoman soldier and he fought in the
Italo-Turkish War, the
First Balkan War and the
First World War. He then joined the forces of
Mustafa Kemal in the
Turkish War of Independence which occurred in the aftermath of the defeat of the
Turkish Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
. He was also a politician of the
Turkish Republic. He was one of the closest friends of
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, or Mustafa Kemal Pasha until 1921, and Ghazi Mustafa Kemal from 1921 Surname Law (Turkey), until 1934 ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish Mareşal (Turkey), field marshal, Turkish National Movement, re ...
, as well as his classmate at the
Monastir Military High School
The Monastir Military High School (''Manastır Askerî İdadisi''), established in 1847, was one of the three-year educational military high schools of the Ottoman Empire. It was located in Monastir (present day Bitola, North Macedonia). The build ...
.
He died in a
car accident in
Istanbul on September 14, 1962.
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1881 births
1962 deaths
Military personnel from Thessaloniki
People from Salonica vilayet
Macedonian Turks
Committee of Union and Progress politicians
Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians
Deputies of Rize
Deputies of Artvin
Ottoman Army officers
Turkish Army officers
Ottoman military personnel of the Italo-Turkish War
Ottoman military personnel of the Balkan Wars
Ottoman military personnel of World War I
Members of the Special Organization (Ottoman Empire)
Ottoman prisoners of war
World War I prisoners of war held by the United Kingdom
Turkish military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
Monastir Military High School alumni
Ottoman Military Academy alumni
Recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon (Turkey)
Road incident deaths in Turkey
Burials at Turkish State Cemetery
Politicians from Thessaloniki