Bigalı Mehmet Çavuş
Bigalı Mehmet Çavuş | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Mehmetçik |
| Born | 1878 Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
| Died | (aged 86) Bahçeli village, Biga, Çanakkale, Turkey |
| Allegiance | Ottoman Empire |
| Branch | Ottoman Army |
| Rank | Sergeant |
| Unit | 10th Company, 3rd Battalion, 27th Regiment of the 9th Division |
| Battles / wars | Balkan Wars, Gallipoli Campaign (World War I) |
| Awards | Ottoman War Medal |
Bigalı Mehmet Çavuş (1878–3 February 1964), (literally Sergeant Mehmet of Biga) was an Ottoman Army sergeant, who fought during the Gallipoli Campaign of World War I. He is remembered as a hero, and is considered to be the eponym of the common name "Mehmetçik" used for a Turkish soldier.