Mustafa Vasıf Karakol

Mustafa Vasıf Karakol
Mustafa Vasıf Karakol
	First World War
Spouse(s)	Mediha Karakol
Children	İlhan Karakol, Türkan Karakol, Aytekin Karakol, Aygül Demirkol, Aydın Karakol, Beyhan Karakol
Other work	Member of the GNAT (Sivas)

Kara Vâsıf Bey (1880 – December 5, 1931), later known as Mustafa Vasıf Karakol, was an officer of the

Republic of Turkey. He was one of the founding members of the Karakol society^[1] and his family took the surname "Karakol" after his death.^[2]

Early life

He traveled around the empire in early childhood due to his father civil service appointments. He eventually enlisted in the Military Academy in 1898. He was an officer in the

31 March rebellion. He resigned from army in 1916.^[3]

Political career

He was one of the founding and most active member of the Karakol Society, which was established as an underground resistance organization in reaction to

TBMM

from Sivas.

He was arrested in 1926 with suspicion of participating in the attempt (

Ataturk

. Eventually he was cleared of all charges and freed. Later in life he was involved in private business.