Mesudiye Village · 1915

Çanakkale Martyrs

Just eight years after Mesudiye village was founded in 1907 by 94 muhajir households from Bulgaria, the village lost five sons in the Battle of Gallipoli (Çanakkale) in 1915. This "Eight Years" narrative — between settlement and sacrifice — remains a defining element of the village's collective memory.

The Five Fallen

İzzet oğlu Mehmet

Gallipoli Martyr

Karani oğlu Ahmet

Gallipoli Martyr

Karani oğlu Kazım

Gallipoli Martyr

Abdullah oğlu İsmail

b. 1887 — d. 1915, Çanakkale

Private · Land Forces · Fire Battalion (reserve troops) · 5th Battalion, 3rd Company · Recruitment Office: Karaman

İbrahim oğlu Mustafa

b. 1887 — d. 1915, Çanakkale

Private · Land Forces · Fire Battalion · 5th Battalion, 2nd Company · Recruitment Office: Karaman

Historical Context

The Battle of Gallipoli (February 1915 – January 1916) was an Allied attempt to seize the Dardanelles strait. The Ottoman defence — led by Mustafa Kemal (later Atatürk) — held the peninsula at enormous cost. Total Ottoman casualties exceeded 250,000.

For Mesudiye village, the loss was disproportionate. With only ~94 households in 1907, sending five fighters who never returned represented a significant portion of the village's young men. The names above are preserved in oral tradition and in the village's own war memorial records.

See also: Mesudiye village overview, original Turkish memorial page: /sehitler/, Deutsche Version: /de/sehitler/.