Mesudiye Village biography
WWI Veteran (1887 Rumelia – 1966 Mesudiye)
WWI veteran İdris Bayraktar (born 1887 in Rumelia) lost two fingers of his right hand at the front; his brother İsmail served as a medical orderly.
Born in Rumelia in 1887, İdris Bayraktar served in WWI. In combat, he lost two fingers of his right hand — a permanent injury that he carried for the rest of his life.
He is one of five documented Mesudiye veterans of WWI (nine veterans across four wars). The Bayraktar family also includes his brother İsmail Bayraktar (sıhhiye / medic, known as "Pehlivan Ağa") and Mustafa Bayraktar (muhtar 1977-1984, 7-year tenure), who also sat on the Mesudiyespor football club board.
1887, Rumelia – 3 November 1966, Mesudiye
Son of Selim
First World War
He Lost Two Fingers
He fought in the First World War. During the war two fingers of his right hand were severed. His brother İsmail Bayraktar also served in the same war as a sıhhiye (medical corps) private.
İdris Bayraktar was born in Rumelia in 1887. His father is Selim. The Bayraktar family is one of the founding lineages of Mesudiye.
When the First World War broke out, İdris was called to arms. While fighting at the front, two fingers of his right hand were severed. This grave wound engraved him into the village's memory as one of our gazis (war veterans) who carried the price of the war in his body. Although his fingers were severed, he survived and returned to his village.
His brother İsmail Bayraktar also served in a sıhhiye (medical) unit in the same war. İsmail, who worked alongside surgeon doctors in the treatment of wounded soldiers, also treated many patients in civilian life and was known by the nickname “Pehlivan Ağa”. Both of Selim's sons served in the First World War, and both are our gazis.
İdris Bayraktar died in Mesudiye on 3 November 1966. The fingers he lost in the war became the keepsake of the war that he carried all his life.
Birth: 1887, Rumelia
Death: 3 November 1966, Mesudiye
Father: Selim
War: First World War
Wound: Two fingers of his right hand were severed
His brother: İsmail Bayraktar (Pehlivan Ağa)