Lütfi Müfit Özdeş

Lütfi Müfit Özdeş (1874 in Kırşehir – April 18, 1940 in Heybeliada) was a military officer of the Ottoman Army, and a politician of the Republic of Turkey. He was one of the founding members of Vatan ve Hürriyet.^[1] In 1925 he was appointed a member of the Independence Tribunal in Diyarbakır, which was established the counter the Sheikh Said rebellion and sentenced Sheikh Said to death.^[2]

Lütfi Müfit Özdeş
Lütfi Müfit Özdeş
Born	1874 Kırşehir, Ottoman Empire
Died	April 18, 1940 (aged 65–66) Heybeliada, Turkey
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire Turkey
Years of service	Ottoman Empire: 1901– Turkey: –1923
Rank	Lieutenant colonel
Commands	2nd Battalion of the 20th Regiment, 57th Brigade
Battles / wars	Balkan Wars First World War War of Independence
Other work	Member of the GNAT (Kırşehir)

Ottoman 5th Army (HQ Damascus) officers. Left to right: Commander Lütfi, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and Lütfi Müfit Özdeş (Beirut, 15 July 1906)

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and Ottoman 5th Army (HQ Damascus) officers. First row the far right is Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and next to him is Lütfi Müfit Özdeş (Beirut, 15 July 1906)