Mehmet Arif Bey

{{short description|Turkish politician}}

{{Other people|Mehmet Arif}}

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{{family name hatnote|Mehmet Arif|Bey||lang=Ottoman Turkish}}

{{Infobox military person

|honorific_prefix= 1317-P. 17T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 151. {{in lang|tr}}

|name= Mehmet Arif

|honorific_suffix= Bey

|birth_date= 1882

|death_date= 13 July {{Death year and age|1926|1882}}

|birth_place= Adana, Ottoman Empire

|death_place= İzmir, Turkey

|placeofburial=

|placeofburial_label=

|image= Mehmed Arif Bey.jpg

|caption=

|nickname= "Ayıcı" Arif

|allegiance={{flag|Ottoman Empire}}
{{flag|Turkey}}

|branch=

|serviceyears= Ottoman Empire: 1902–1919
Turkey: 19 May 1919 – January 1922

|rank=Miralay

|commands= Chief of Staff of the 5th Division, Infantry School
Chief of Staff of the Inspectorate of Rear Area of the Eastern Armies
11th Division, 3rd Group, Secretary of the Commander-in-Chief, III Corps

|unit=

|battles= Balkan Wars
World War I
Turkish War of Independence

|awards= Gallipoli Star
Silver Medal of Liyaqat
Prussia Iron Cross
Medal of Independence

|laterwork=Member of the GNAT (Eskişehir)

}}

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.