Faik Türün
Faik Türün | |
|---|---|
Commander of the First Army of Turkey | |
| In office 29 September 1970 – 14 August 1973 | |
| Preceded by | Kemal Atalay |
| Succeeded by | Hüseyin Doğan Özgöçmen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 October 1913 General |
| Battles/wars | Korean War |
Faik Türün (17 October 1913,
General Muhsin Batur. He led Operation Sledgehammer (associated with the Ziverbey Villa) against these officers and the associated journalists and writers, who were supposed to have been plotting a coup to establish a new government with strong socialist tendencies. During this operation, it is claimed by several journalists and politicians that Faik Türün was behind the tortures of political opponents in Ziverbey Villa .[3] After retirement from the Army, he was elected to Turkish Parliament as a deputy for the conservative and right-wing Justice Party from 1977, representing Manisa.[4]
References
- ^ kimkimdir.gen.tr, Orgeneral Faik Türün (1913 - 2003) Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ YILDIRIM TÜRKER, Radikal, 14 March 2011, 12 Mart'ın kahramanı
- ^ Hürriyet, the most popular daily Turkish newspaper
- ^ International Institute of Social History, Faik Türün Papers