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Osman Nuri Koptagel
Officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army
Osman Nuri Koptagel (1874; Erzincan – 22 November 1942; Ankara) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army.
When he was an assistant teaching staff of the Ottoman Military Academy, he used to order "Sağdan birinci manga, kop ta gel!"[2] ("First squad from the right, separate (from line) and come!"), "Birinci mangadan sağdan itibaren beş kişi kop da gel!"[3] ("First squad of five person from the right, separate (from line) and come!"). His students gave him a nickname "Kop ta gel". After the 1934 Surname Law, Mustafa Kemal gave him a surname "Koptagel".
His granddaughter Yüksel Koptagel (born 27 October 1931) is a Turkish composer and pianist.