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Suleyman Fethi Bey

Memory Movie

2022

The occupation of Izmir on May 15, 1919 lit the sparks of resistance all over Anatolia and
These sparks illuminated the path of an epic struggle that declared the Republic on October 29, 1923.
Even though he was bayoneted 22 times for not shouting "Long live Venezilos" on the day when Izmir was occupied
Miralay Süleyman Fethi Bey, who did not bow to the Greek soldiers and was martyred, became the symbol of salvation.
became its name.

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