35 Turkish military personnel of the Turkish War of Independence

Selâhattin Âdil was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army.

Mehmed Şefik known as Mehmet Şefik Aker after the 1934 Surname Law, was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army. He is best known for his service during the Gallipoli campaign and in particular the defense he led during the first day of the Allied landing on 25 April 1915. He subsequently served in a number of senior roles during the rest of World War I and during the War of Independence.

Mustafa Mümin Aksoy Paşa, also known as Gavûr Mümin, was a member of the Kuva-yi Milliye, the irregular Turkish nationalist forces that fought in the Turkish War of Independence. He was also part of the Turkish Armed Forces. Aksoy was the son of Osmanzade İbrahim Bey', a nephew of Izimir's mayor Hacı Hasan Bey.

Muhittin Akyüz, known as Muhiddin Pasha until 1934, was a Turkish military officer and diplomat. He served for both the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army.

Mehmet Ali Bey was an officer of the Ottoman Army and of the Turkish Army.

Nihat Anılmış was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army.

Ali Rıza Artunkal was a Turkish politician and former government minister. He was the Minister of National Defence between 1941 and 1946. He was also a member of the early Young Turks Turanist movement.

Salih Bozok 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.

Mustafa Fevzi Çakmak was a Turkish field marshal (Mareşal) and politician. He served as the Chief of General Staff from 1918 and 1919 and later the Minister of War of the Ottoman Empire in 1920. He later joined the provisional Government of the Grand National Assembly and became the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense and later as the Prime Minister of Turkey from 1921 to 1922. He was the second Chief of the General Staff of the provisional Ankara Government and the first Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of Turkey.

Ahmet Ali Çelikten, also known as İzmirli Ahmet Ali, was an Ottoman-born Turkish aviator who was the first black pilot in aviation history. He was certainly the first black male fighter pilot, receiving his “wings” in 1914. He was one of the few black pilots in World War I, like African American Eugene Jacques Bullard, William Robinson Clarke from Jamaica, Pierre Réjon from Martinique and Domenico Mondelli from Eritrea. Ahmet's maternal grandmother was born in Bornu and was brought to what is now Turkey as part of the Ottoman slave trade.

Cevat Çobanlı was a military commander of the Ottoman Army, War Minister of the Ottoman Empire and a general of the Turkish Army.

Kâzım Dirik was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. During his political career he was Governor of Izmir between 1926 and 1935 and later also an Inspector General of the Second Inspectorate-General in the Turkish western provinces and involved with the Turkification and resettlement program of the Turkish state. He presented the idea of the "Ideal Republican Village".

Ahmet Naci Eldeniz was an officer of the Ottoman Army, a general of the Turkish Army, and a politician of the Republic of Turkey.

Mehmet Suphi Ezgi was an Ottoman-born Turkish military physician who specialized in neurology, and a musician, musicologist and composer. He is best known for his studies of Ottoman classical music.

Ali Galip Pasiner was a Turkish Birindji Ferik and politician who was notable for his participation in World War I.

Hüsrev Gerede was a Turkish diplomat and career officer, who served in the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army.

Ragıp Gümüşpala was the 11th Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces and founder of the Justice Party in 1961. He died shortly afterwards, on 6 June 1964, in Istanbul.

Mehmet Cevat Abbas Gürer was an officer of the Ottoman Army, the Turkish Army, and a politician of the Republic of Turkey.

Miralay Halid Beg Cibran was a Kurdish soldier in the Ottoman and Turkish army and chairman of the Azadî organization.

Vecihi Hürkuş was a Turkish aviation engineer and aviation pioneer, who fought during World War I and the Turkish War of Independence. He designed and manufactured the first airplane in Turkey, and also founded the country's first airline company.

Kâzım İnanç was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army.

İsmail Hakkı Okday (1881–1977) was an Ottoman military commander, who participated in the First Balkan War.

Nazif Kayacık was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army.

Vehbi Kıpçak was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army.

Muhittin Kurtiş was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army.

Mustafa Muğlalı was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army. He served as an officer in World War I and the Turkish War of Independence. As a General of the Third Army, he took part in the defense of Diyarbakır during the Sheikh Said Rebellion in 1925.

Ahmet Nuri Öztekin was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army.

Kâzım Sevüktekin was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army, a politician of the Republic of Turkey.

İhsan Lâtif Sökmen was a Turkish soldier and politician who is notable for his participation in World War I.

Süleyman Sabri Pasha was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army.

Tarzan of Manisa is a pseudonym of Ahmet bin Carlak, a Turkish environmentalist who lived on Mount Sipylus near Manisa, in western Turkey, for 40 years. He is considered the first environmentalist in Turkey, and received his nickname because of his skimpy clothing and his life in contact with nature. Carlak called himself "Ahmet Bedevi".

Mehmet Emin Yazgan was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army.

Tahsin Yazıcı was an Ottoman Army officer and later a Turkish Army general and politician.

Ziya Yergök was a Ottoman and Turkish Brigadier General who was notable for his service in the First World War and the Turkish War of Independence.

Yusuf Izzet Pasha was a general of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army.