List of Commanders during 1st Canal Expetition

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1st Canal Expetition (Jan 14th-Feb. 5th 1915)

4th Army : Ahmet Cemal Pasha
- Chief of Staff : German Col. von Frankenberg
- Chief operations officer : Staff Col. Ali Fuat (Gen. Erden)
- Chief information officer: Staff Major Refet (General Bele), later Cap. Zeki (Cobanoglu)
- aid to Cemal Pasha : Capt. Selahattin

Commander of Kuvvei Seferiye ( Expedition Foreces)( 8th Army Corps) Brigadier Cemal Pasha (Mersinli)
- Chief of Staff : German Lt. Col. von Kress (Kress Pasha)
- assistant : Major Halit (Col. Akmansu)
- staff officers : Major Sadullah (Col. Guney) and Capt. Ekrem ( Lt. Gen. Baydar)

Commander of the Central Forces ( 25th Div. The division was taken to Gallipoli Front on June 2nd 1915): Lt. Col. Ali Fuat (Gen. Cebesoy)
- Chief of Staff : Major Mustafa Izzet
- 68th Regiment: Lt. Col. Kemal
- 73th : Maj. Servet
- 1st battalion: Major Husnu
- 2nd : Ali Vehbi
- 74th : Maj. Fahrettin
- 75th : Maj. O. Fevzi
- Hecinsuvar (Camel) Regiment :Lt. Col. Sadik
25th Field artillary : Maj. Mehmet Ali

Right Wing the 80th Regiment : Maj.Rifat. Later on Jan. 27th Major. Refet (Gen. Bele)
- Mounted volunteer Arabs : Maj. Mumtaz

Left Wing the 69th Regiment : Lt. Col Musa Kazim
- Mounted volunteer Arabs : Lt. Col. Esref (Kuscubasi)

10th Div. : german Col. von Trommel ( The division was taken to Gallipoli on April 28th)
- Chief of Staff : Capt. Rustu (Lt. Gen. Akin)

Hicaz Expedition Forces the 22nd Div. : Col. Vehip (General Vehip Kaci Pasha)
Army Chief Medical Officer : Col. Dr. Galip
Inspector at Ibin : Capt. Ali Riza (Lt. Gen. Artunkal)

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Reserve Lt. Munim Mustafa and other Officers of the 30th Infantry Regiment of the 10th Division just before the Canal Expedition. Commander of the Regiment was Lt. Col. Riza Bey.

source: Munim Mustafa "Cepheden Cepheye" (From a Front to Other)

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An officer of canal expedition

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Reserve Officer Suphi Nuri (Prof. Dr.Ileri) (Canakkale 1887- Istanbul 1945) was one of the company commanders of Hecinsuvar Regiment. He was from a very well known family. His Grandfather was Abidin Pasha who was nade Grand Vezier in 1906. he had very good relations with Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. After Graduating from Faculty of Law in Istanbul he made his doctorate on Law in Sorbon University, Paris. He enlisted the army and served at the order of 4th Army. After Canal Expetition he was one of the information officers of 4th Army HQs. After the war he was elected Secratary General of the Turkish Reserve Officers Union. He grunded Turkish Socialist Party. In 1931 he became Proffessor of Law at Istanbul University.