‘During Istanbul’s occupation by the Allied Powers, my dad escaped from Istanbul to Ankara
by train dressed as a sheep merchant to join Ataturk’s forces for the liberation of Turkey.’

Descendant: Ozcan Alpat
Age: 85
Profession: –
Nationality: Turkish

Ancestor: Huseyin Servi (c.1892 – unknown)
Relationship to subject: Father
Profession: Cartographer
Army: Ottoman Army
Post in Gallipoli: Fifth Army