Osman Nuri Koptagel


Osman Nuri Koptagel was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army.
When he was an assistant teaching staff of the Ottoman Military Academy, he used to order "Sağdan birinci manga, kop ta gel!", "Birinci mangadan sağdan itibaren beş kişi kop da gel!". His students gave him a nickname "Kop ta gel". After the 1934 Surname Law, Mustafa Kemal gave him a surname "Koptagel".
His granddaughter Yüksel Koptagel is a Turkish composer and pianist.

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