Nuri Yamut
Mehmet Nuri Yamut | |
|---|---|
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| Chief of the Turkish General Staff | |
| In office 5 June 1950 – 10 June 1954 | |
| President | Celâl Bayar |
| Preceded by | Nafiz Gürman |
| Succeeded by | Nurettin Baransel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1890 Daret Izza, Aleppo Province, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 5 June 1961 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Ottoman Empire (1908–1920) Turkey (1920–1954) |
| Branch/service | Turkish Land Forces |
| Rank |  General |
| Battles/wars | Balkan Wars War of Independence Battle of Gallipoli Korean War |
Mehmet Nuri Yamut Pasha (1890 – 5 June 1961) was a Turkish general, who became the 20th Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces on 5 June 1950. He was a career Artillery officer. In 1943 he was appointed to the 2nd Corps Command in Gallipoli.[1] During the 2nd Corps Command, he sold his house for the Turkish soldiers who were killed in the Battle of Gallipoli, and built a monumental grave.[2] He served as Chief of General Staff between 1950 and 1954 for a four-year period. It is the first commander-in-chief of the Turkish Land Forces Command since the transition from the Ottoman army to the modern-regular army. He then retired and entered the Parliament from the Justice Party.[1] TBMM X. and XI. He is a deputy in Istanbul.
After 27 May the then-Commander of Turkish Armed Forces Rüştü Erdelhun was assaulted by putschist young officers while the hero of the War of Independence, Ali Fuat Cebesoy and Korean War veteran Tahsin Yazıcı and former Commander Mehmet Nuri Yamut were arrested and imprisoned.[3] While he was a deputy, he was arrested after the 28 May coup d'etat. He then died in June 1961 during the Yassıada Judgments.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Gizli kahraman Nuri Yamut Paşa" (in Turkish). Yeni Safak. 15 May 2015.
- ^ "Nuri Yamut Monument" (in Turkish). Gallipoli Çanakkale Mehmet Akif Ersoy Provincial Public Library. 1998.
- ^ Ramazan Akkır (August 2016). "Putschism Brings Down The Army". Kriter Dergi. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Darbe sürecinin acı kaybı: Nuri Yamut Paşa". Anadolu Ajansı (in Turkish). 15 May 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
External links[edit]
- Chiefs of General Staff Archived 12 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Turkish General Staff.
