History and archaeology / Martyrs' memorial and battlefield
Çeçeli Kara Murat Martyrs' Memorial
Merkez, Uşak
A memorial to the shepherd Kara Murat, who in 1922 deliberately showed a retreating Greek unit the wrong way.
Its story
The memorial is near Karacahisar village northeast of Uşak and is dedicated to Kara Murat, a shepherd from Çeçe (today Çamsu) village. In 1922, after the Battle of the Commander-in-Chief, a Greek unit trying to reach İzmir asked Kara Murat to guide them to the Afyon-İzmir railway. The shepherd deliberately led the unit in the opposite direction, toward Murat Dağı; the commander, realizing he had been deceived, martyred him with a bayonet. According to the story, his last words were that this was his duty, and killing was the enemy's.
Key facts
- Period
- 1922, War of Independence
- Location
- Near Karacahisar village
Trip purpose
- Free
- Quiet
Location
38.76304, 29.55768
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://usak.ktb.gov.tr/TR-295262/ceceli-kara-murat-sehitligi-ceceli-kara-murat-martyrdom.html | https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=%C3%87e%C3%A7eli%20Kara%20Murat%20%C5%9Eehitli%C4%9Fi