The statue is located at the Rumelia Mecidiye Bastion. The statue was erected to symbolize the heroic defense of the Mehmetçik (Turkish soldiers) and notably that of Corporal Seyid against the Allied fleet on March 18, 1915 whose aim was to access Istanbul by way of the strait. Another statue of Corporal Seyid is situated beside the road at the coastal part of the Mecidiye Bastion.

This statue was made by the sculptor Hüseyin Anka Özkan. Corporal Seyid was born in the Manastır Village of the Edremit Havran District in the year 1889 (the village was subsequently renamed Çamlık and Koca Seyid, respectively) to Abdurrahman and Emine. According to records, he joined the army in 1914 as a “heavy artillery soldier” at the fortified area of the Dardanelles. He was discharged in 1918. With the enforcement of the Last Name Act of 1934, he adopted “Çabuk” (‘swift’ in Turkish) as his last name. After his discharge from the army, he returned to his village and worked as a coal dealer and timber man. He succumbed to pneumonia and passed away on December 1, 1939 when he was 50. His grave is located in his village.