Salih Bozok

Salih Bozok
Salih bozok2.jpg
BornDecember 1881
Salonica (Thessaloniki), Ottoman Empire
Died25 April 1941(1941-04-25) (aged 59–60)
Istanbul, Turkey
Buried
Cebeci Askerî Şehitliği
AllegianceOttoman flag.svg Ottoman Empire
 Turkey
Years of serviceOttoman Empire: 1903 – November 1918
Turkey: 1920–?
RankLieutenant colonel
Commands heldChief aide-de-camp of the commander of the Second Army
Chief aide-de-camp of the commander of the Seventh Army
Battles/warsBalkan Wars
World War I
Turkish War of Independence
Spouse(s)Düriye Bozok
Pakize Bozok
Other workMember of the TBMM
Member of the administrative board of the Türkiye İş Bankası

Salih Bozok (1881 – April 25, 1941) was an officer of the Ottoman Army, later the Turkish Army and a politician of the Republic of Turkey. He was the chief aide-de-camp of Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk), the founder of modern Turkey.

Bozok was a close childhood and lifelong friend of Atatürk, both having been born in 1881 in Salonica and having attended the Monastir Military High School together. On November 10, 1938, upon witnessing the dead body of Atatürk in the latter's bedroom of Dolmabahçe Palace, a distraught and stunned Bozok stepped outside and shot himself through the chest with a pistol. However, the bullet narrowly missed his heart, and Bozok did not succumb to his fatal wound until April 1941.

Bozok's life and friendship with Atatürk was depicted in the successful 2010 Turkish film Veda.

Works

  • (Salih Bozok - Cemil S.Bozok), Hep Atatürk'ün Yanında", ATATÜRK VAKFI YAYINLARI, Istanbul 2019,
  • (Can Dündar), Yaveri Atatürk'ü Anlatıyor, Doğan Kitapçılık, Istanbul, 2001.
  • (Cemil S. Bozok), Hep Atatürk'ün Yanında, Çağdaş Yayınları, Istanbul, 1985.

Medals and decorations

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