Doğan Güreş

Doğan Güreş (15 February 1926 – 14 October 2014) was a Turkish general and True Path Party politician.[1]

Doğan Güreş
Chief of the General Staff of Turkey
In office
6 December 1990 – 30 August 1994
Preceded byNecip Torumtay
Succeeded byİsmail Hakkı Karadayı
Commander of the Turkish Army
In office
23 August 1989 – 6 December 1990
Preceded byKemal Yamak
Succeeded byMuhittin Füsunoğlu
Personal details
Born(1926-02-15)15 February 1926
Kilis, Turkey
Died14 October 2014(2014-10-14) (aged 88)
Ankara, Turkey
Military service
AllegianceTurkey
Branch/serviceTurkish Army
Years of service1947-1994
RankGeneral
UnitArmoured Corps - M4 Sherman - 1947 to 1954 and M47 Patton - 1954 to 1965
CommandsB Tank Company, 1st Btn 2nd Armoured Brigade (1955-1959)
1st Battalion, 2nd Armoured Brigade (1961-1965)
Special Warfare Department Regiment II (1964-1972)
2nd Armoured Brigade (1972-1977)
National Military Academy (1977-1980)
5th Corps (1980-1987)
First Army (1987-1990)

Education

After he graduated from Kuleli Military High School in 1945, Güreş kept on studying at the Turkish Military Academy and accomplished a degree in 1947. Following, he received a degree from the School of Transportation in 1949. He was engaged in several posts in the Turkish Land Forces and in 1965 he also graduated from the Army Staff College.[2]

Military career

He was Chief of the General Staff of Turkey from 1990 to 1994, having been Commander of the First Army of Turkey (1987 - 1989) and Commander of the Turkish Army (1989 - 1990). As Necip Torumtay resigned from his post as Chief of General Staff, Gürsel was appointed in his stead the next day.[2] In 1992 he proclaimed self-confidently that "Turkey is a military state".[3] The 1991 Yeşilova incident took place under his tenure as Chief of the General Staff, as did the 1992 Operation Northern Iraq and the 26 July 1994 bombing of North Iraq.

Political career

After his retirement as in 1994,[4] he was elected to parliament for the True Path Party in the 1995 parliamentary elections (representing Kilis),[5] and re-elected in 1999,[6] serving until November 2002. He was also True Path's presidential candidate in the 2000 Turkish presidential election.

Doğan Güreş died in Ankara at the Gülhane Military Medical Academy where he was treated, on 14 October 2014.[2]

See also

References
  2. "Who is who in Turkish politics" (PDF). Heinrich Böll Stiftung. pp. 91–92. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  3. Özcan, Gencer, "The Military and the Making of Foreign Policy in Turkey", In: Kirişci, Kemal (red.) & Rubin, Barry (red.): Turkey in World Politics. An Emerging Multiregional Power, Lynne Rienner Publishers, London, 2001. pp. 16-20.
  4. "Ex Chief of Staff Doğan Güreş dies at 88". DailySabah. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  5. "Kilis 1995 Genel Seçimi Sonuçları". Yeni Safak. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  6. Şafak, Yeni (2019-11-15). "Kilis Seçim Sonuçları 1999 - Genel Seçim 1999". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-15.
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