Yörük Ali Efe (1895-1951) Kuva-yi Milliye Commander Yörük Ali Efe was born in 1895 in Kavaklı Village, Sultanhisar District, Aydın Province. In his will, he requested to be buried in Yenipazar, stating that the people there are benevolent and love the earth, and those who love the earth love human beings. I will feel comfortable there. His tomb, located at Muslukuyu Cemetery, was moved to the museum garden by cabinet decree. Yörük Ali Efe's belongings, photographs, and other ethnographic objects from the War of Independence are exhibited in the museum. His response to praise for his role in the War of Independence will always be remembered: “Some people attribute most of the work done in wartime to me and others. This is wrong. What is the importance of one person, five people in such great cases? Every patriot who has the love of homeland in his heart shared our thoughts and beliefs, heard like us, and then he was with us. It is a mistake to allocate the lion's share of the national resistance to oneself. What is the sound of one hand clapping? ” This valued commander of Kuvâ-yi Milliye was awarded with the medal of independence by the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
YORUK ALİ EFE MUSEUM
