Refiyîk Kadír was a

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n-born Crimean Tatar officer regarded as a

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of the

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. He was the uncle of Ahmet Nurmambet who was the father of the well-known traditional folk singer Kadriye Nurmambet.

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Refiyík was born in 1878 in

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. He attended the Turkish primary school in Constanta and then followed a military career at the Military secondary school in Iaşi. Upon his graduation he entered the military service ranked as second lieutenant and climbed the hierarchy to the rank of

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. Refiyík fought in

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and he was taken prisoner. After the war he was released and he served in the garrisons of

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and

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. Later he returned to

holding command positions in the 40th "Călugăreni" Infantry Regiment which had its garrison in Bazargic. He was an educated man, helpful, generous and friendly. He enjoyed the friendship of

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Selim Abdulakim and

Nicolae Iorga Nicolae Iorga (17 January 1871 – 27 November 1940) was a historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, Albanologist, poet and playwright. Co-founder (in 1910) of the Democratic Nationalist Party (PND), he served as a member of Parliament ...

. Kadír died on 20 December 1929. He is resting at Bazargic Heroes Cemetery.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kadir, Refiyik 1870s births 1929 deaths People from Constanța Crimean Tatar officers Romanian Land Forces officers Romanian prisoners of war in World War I Romanian people of Crimean Tatar descent

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