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On 7 September 1922 the Greek occupying commander bans people from leaving their homes in the occupied town and threatens that those leaving their homes will be shot. They are preparing to burn and destroy the town. This was thwarted by İsmail Çavuş who with a few other men entered the occupied town
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The other soldiers who had secretly entered the town with him and are ready and waiting in their positions start to fire their weapons and the townsfolk, who wake up from all that noise, now understand that the enemy has arrived and also begin to fire weapons and yell alongside the soldiers who are
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undetected and positioned his men in different places of the town, alerting the townsfolk of the situation and explaining his plan. The plan is that when he plays his bugle everyone will create a yell and fire their guns at the same time. When it becomes dark he climbs up to the top of the
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he is considered a hero by the people and is offered worldly goods such as houses, plantations, gardens and olive tree fields, however refuses them all. He did not do it for the reward, he sacrificed his life unconditionally for the love of his country and his people. He died in 1972 in
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already firing. They trick the approaching Greek forces into thinking that the town has a large
Turkish military presence that is about to ambush them and the Greeks flee from the town and continue their retreat to the west coast and the town is saved.
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and a revolver sitting on a stone base next to a marble slab with black text on the front face explaining the meaning of the monument. He is remembered and honored as a hero for his service and heroic deeds in saving
Burhaniye.
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which they had occupied in the beginning of the war, and as they retreated it was common for them to leave behind the defenseless towns burned and destroyed. They intended to do the same with the town center of
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created a sculpture depicting İsmail Çavuş for
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that he formed, he moved around the back of enemy units and severed their telephone communication lines and performed frequent raids on the enemy.
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