Fuat Bulca

Fuat Bulca
1317-P. 80[1]
Born 1881 (1881)
Salonica, Ottoman Empire
Died 14 September 1962(1962-09-14) (aged 80–81)
Istanbul, Turkey
Buried Erenköy Sahrâ-yı Cedid Mezarlığı
State Cemetery
Allegiance  Ottoman Empire
 Turkey
Years of service Ottoman: 1902-1918
Turkey: December 8, 1921-July 4, 1927
Rank Brigadier
Commands held 23rd Regiment
Infantry Brigade of the 1st Division, 1st Division (deputy), 20th Division, 11th Division, Ankara Command
Battles/wars Italo-Turkish War
Balkan Wars
First World War
War of Independence
Other work Member of the GNAT (Rize)
Member of the GNAT (Çoruh)
Chairman of the Turkish Aeronautical Association

Ahmet Fuat Bulca (1881 – September 14, 1962) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army. He was also a politician of the Turkish Republic. He was the one of the closest friends of Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk), as well as his classmate at the Monastir Military High School.

He died in a car accident in Istanbul on September 14, 1962.

See also

Sources

  1. T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademlerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 159. (in Turkish)

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