- Yakup Satar
Infobox Military Person
name= Yakup Satar
born= birth date|1898|3|11
died= death date and age|2008|4|2|1898|3|11
caption= Yakup Satar
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placeofbirth=Crimea ,Russian Empire
placeofdeath=
allegiance=Ottoman Empire Turkey
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serviceyears=1915 –1923
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battles=World War I Second Battle of Kut Turkish War of Independence
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laterwork=Yakup Satar (Ottoman Turkish: ﻳﻜﻮﭗ ﺳﺘﺎﺮ,
March 11 ,1898 –April 2 ,2008 ) is believed to have been the last Turkish veteran of the First World War. He died at age 110. [ [http://dersdesders.free.fr/bio_veterans/satar.html yakup satar, ultime vétéran de l'Empire Ottoman, dernier survivant turque de la première guerre mondiale] ]Born in
Crimea , Satar joined the army of theOttoman Empire in 1915. OnFebruary 23 1917 , he was taken prisoner by the British in theBaghdad campaign'sSecond Battle of Kut . Freed after the end of the war [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3676439.ece Times obituary] ] , Satar then served in the forces ofMustafa Kemal Atatürk in theTurkish War of Independence , which lasted from 1919 to 1923.Shortly before his 110th birthday, he was treated for a minor infection at a military hospital before being released home, where he lived with his daughter in the Hacı Seyit district of
Eskişehir . [cite web|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=134921&bolum=101|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5W4svgNdA|title=Independence War veteran released from hospital|date=2008-02-26|archivedate=2008-03-04] He died soon after turning 110.ee also
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Crimean Tatars
*Last surviving World War I veteran by country
*Veterans of the First World War who died in 2008 References
External links
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3699665.ece The Times: Yakup Satar obituary]
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3676439.ece The Times: Yakup Satar, The last Turkish veteran of the First World War who also fought for the independence of Turkey]
* http://www.kenthaber.com/Arsiv/Haberler/2005/Mart/18/Haber_52556.aspx
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