title: Mehmet Arif Bey
text: # Mehmet Arif Bey
  
  Mehmet Arif Bey (1882 – 13 July 1926), also known as "Ayıcı" Arif ("Bear-Leader Arif"), was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army.
  
  ## Works
  
  * Anadolu İnkılabı ve Mücahedat-ı Milliye Hatırası (1335 - 1339) (reprinted as Anadolu İnkılabı ve Millî Mücadele Anıları (1919-1923), Arba Yayınları, 1987.)
  
  ## Medals and decorations
  
  * Gallipoli Star (Ottoman Empire)
  * Silver Medal of Liyaqat
  * Prussia Iron Cross
  * Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon and Citation
  