''Son Buluşma'' ( en, The Last Meeting) is a Turkish documentary film produced in 2007 and directed by

Nesli Çölgeçen Nesli Çölgeçen (born 1955, Manisa) is a Turkish film director, and screen writer. He graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences of Ankara University in 1976. Since 1979 he has been a filmmaker. Filmography Director * Kardeşim Benim ...

. The film depicts the memoires and the daily life of the three last veterans of the

Turkish War of Independence The Turkish War of Independence "War of Liberation", also known figuratively as ''İstiklâl Harbi'' "Independence War" or ''Millî Mücadele'' "National Struggle" (19 May 1919 – 24 July 1923) was a series of military campaigns waged by th ...

, Ömer Küyük,

Veysel Turan Veysel Turan (1901 - 25 March 2007) was one of the last Turkish veterans of the Turkish War of Independence (1919-1923). Military years He joined the newly-established army of Mustafa Kemal Pasha in Ankara. In the early period of the Turkish War o ...

and

Yakup Satar Yakup Satar (11 March 1898 – 2 April 2008) is believed to have been the last Ottoman veteran of the First World War. He died at age 110. Born in Crimea, Satar joined the army of the Ottoman Empire in 1915. On 23 February, 1917, he was t ...

. The last witnesses of the war of independence (1919–1923) tell their memories. "Nişancı Er Ömer" ( en, Marksman Private Ömer) from

Çorum Çorum () (Medieval Greek: Ευχάνεια, romanized: Euchaneia) is a northern Anatolian city that is the capital of the Çorum Province of Turkey. Çorum is located inland in the central Black Sea Region of Turkey, and is approximately from ...

pays first a visit to his commander,

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 ...

, at

Anıtkabir Anıtkabir is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the leader of the Turkish War of Independence and the founder and the first President of the Republic of Turkey. It is located in Ankara and was designed by architects Professor Emin O ...

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

. He then travels to meet his comrades, "Sıhhiyeci Onbaşı Veysel" ( en, Combat Medic Corporal Veysel) in

Konya Konya () is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium (), although the Seljuks also called it D ...

and "Süvari Yakup" ( en, Cavalryman Yakup) in

Eskişehir Eskişehir ( , ; from "old" and "city") is a city in northwestern Turkey and the capital of the Eskişehir Province. The urban population of the city is 898,369 with a metropolitan population of 797,708. The city is located on the banks of the ...

. At the time of the film shooting in 2006, Ömer Küyük was 106 years of age, Veysel Turan 105 and Yakup Satar 108. In the film, they remember the wartime and say farewell to each other.''Son Buluşma'' Official website
/ref> Not long after the material for the documentary was filmed, all three veterans died, Ömer Küyük on January 13, 2006, Veysel Turan on March 25, 2007, and Yakup Satar on April 2, 2008. No one of them was able to watch the premiere held on November 14, 2008, in Çorum, the hometown of Ömer Küyük. The screenwriter and director of the documentary film, Nesli Çölgeçen, was not aware of another veteran of the independence war, retired Colonel Mustafa Şekip Birgöl, who died as the last veteran on November 11, 2008, in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

at the age of 105.

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