Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez or Cafer Bey (1877 – January 3, 1958) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. He participated in the Defense of Gallipoli during World War I and after the war had ended, he joined the forces of Mustafa Kemal Pasha and fought in the Turkish War of Independence.
 Cafer Tayyar (Eğilmez) | |
| Born | 1877 Priştine (Pristina), Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | January 3, 1958 (aged 80–81) Istanbul, Turkey |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance |  Ottoman Empire Turkey |
| Years of service | Ottoman: 1901–1920 Turkey: 1920 – January 1928 |
| Rank | Mirliva |
| Commands held | 1st Division, II Corps, I Corps, II Corps, I Corps Trakya Kuva-yi Milliye, VII Corps |
| Battles/wars | Balkan Wars First World War War of Independence |
| Other work | Member of the GNAT (Edirne) Governor of the Samsun Province |
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Sources edit
- ^ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 129. (in Turkish)
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- Zülal Keleş, "Cafer Tayyar Paşa" Archived March 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi Dergisi, Sayı 44, Cilt: XV, Temmuz 1999. (in Turkish)
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