Ahmet Anzavur
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Anzavur, Ahmet (d.1921): Circassian bandit and guerilla leader in Anatolia during Turkish War of Independence
Anzavur was a gendarme officer in the Ottoman Empire, and served as major during first world war.
During the Turkish War of Independence he was motivated by British secret service and Ottoman Empire to revolt against Mustafa Kemal Pasha and Turkish revolutionaries
He was sentenced to death in February 1921, captured and executed in 15 April 1921
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