Cafer Tayyar Pasha (1877-1958)

Cafer Tayyar (Eğilmez) Pasha graduated from the War Academy on January 4, 1904 with the rank of Staff Captain. He spent his internship in the units of the III Army, headquartered in Thessaloniki. He served on various fronts during the Balkan War and World War I. In World War I, he participated in the Çanakkale Battles as the commander of the 1st Division of the 1st Corps. He stood out with the importance he attached to fortification at the front. Afterwards, he served on the Caucasus Front as the commander of the 1st Division of the 2nd Army and then on the Iraq Front, where he was appointed as the commander of the 18th Corps, until mid-1918. At the end of the war, he was appointed as the Commander of the 1st Corps. While trying to organize the National Struggle in Thrace as the Commander of the 1st Corps, Cafer Tayyar Bey was dismissed by the Istanbul Government and given the titles of Commander of Rumelia General by the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye (TBMM) and National Commander of Thrace by the Thrace-Paşaeli Association for Defence of National Rights, but he preferred to use the latter title. In July 1920, Cafer Tayyar Bey was captured during the occupation of Eastern Thrace by the Greek Army and returned to Türkiye on April 1, 1923. Cafer Tayyar Bey was appointed as the Commander of the 7th Corps in Diyarbakır on August 12, 1923. He successfully suppressed the Nestorian rebellion that took place in the region of the corps. During this period when the Mosul issue was on the agenda, he always kept the 7th Corps ready for war. Cafer Tayyar Bey, who was also interested in politics since his youth, took part in the organization process as an active member of the Skopje branch of the Committee of Union and Progress. He served as a deputy of Edirne in the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye in the first and second terms.

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