İbrahim Çolak (officer)

İbrahim Çolak also known as "Çolak" İbrahim Bey ("Maimed Ibrahim") (1881 in Bursa – 1944 in Istanbul) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army.

İbrahim Çolak 1315-P. 157[1]
Born	1881 (1881) Bursa, Ottoman Empire
Died	1944 (aged 62–63) Istanbul, Turkey
Buried	Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı State Cemetery
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire Turkey
Years of service	Ottoman: January 1901–1920 Turkey: 1920–December 14, 1922
Rank	Miralay
Commands	Provisional Köprülü Detachment of the 177th Regiment 2nd Mobile Forces (2 nci Kuvve-i Sayyare ), 3rd Cavalry Division
Battles / wars	Balkan Wars First World War Turkish War of Independence
Other work	Member of the GNAT (Bursa)

Works

• Milli Mücadele Esnasında Kuva-yı Seyyare Kumandanlığıma Ait Hatıratım, Emre Yayınları, İstanbul, 1996.

Medals and decorations

• Order of the Medjidie 4th and 5th class
• Gallipoli Star (Ottoman Empire)
• Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon

See also

• List of high-ranking commanders of the Turkish War of Independence