Topal Osman
Topal Osman Agha (1883, Giresun
– April 1, 1923) was a colonel of
the late Ottoman Empire and early
Republic of
Turkey
, and a veteran of the 1912-1913 Balkan Wars where he became lame ( ).
For his work in the national movement, Osman became commander of
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's
special "Bodyguard Regiment."
After strangling Trabzon
deputy
Ali Şükrü Bey to death
on March 27, 1923, due
to Şükrü's criticism of Mustafa Kemal, he was killed in Ankara
during an
exchange of fire with the military units sent to capture him on
April 1, 1923.His
body was later hanged in front of the
Turkish Parliament and he now rests in
Giresun.
Toktamış
Ateş of Istanbul
University
claims that former primer minister Tansu Çiller had once promised to open a
university in Topal's name.
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