Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu
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Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu | |
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Suleyman Demirel Ahmet Necdet Sezer | |
Preceded by | İsmail Hakkı Karadayı |
Succeeded by | Hilmi Özkök |
Personal details | |
Born | 1934 (age 89–90) Bozüyük, Bilecik Province, Turkey |
Awards | |
Military service | |
Allegiance | General |
Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu (born Hüseyin Kıvrık,[1] 1934) is a retired Turkish general who was the 23rd commander of the Turkish Armed Forces and on August 30, 1998, became Chief of the Turkish General Staff for a four-year term.
Biography
Born in Bozüyük, Bilecik Province, Turkey, in December 1934, he completed his secondary schooling at the Işıklar Military High School in Bursa. He graduated from the Army Academy in 1955 as an artillery officer.
Upon commissioning, Kıvrıkoğlu underwent his officer's basic training at the Artillery Branch School in 1957. He spent the next eight years in a variety of artillery units as platoon and battery commander positions.
Following his staff officer education at the Army War College in 1965–1967, Kıvrıkoğlu was posted to the 9th Infantry Division in Sarıkamış, Kars, as a staff officer, where he served until 1970.
After graduating from the Armed Forces College in 1970, he served as planning officer at Operations Division of the
After graduating from the
In 1984, Kıvrıkoğlu was promoted to
In 1988, he was promoted to
In 1993, Kıvrıkoğlu was promoted to
Prior to becoming commander of the Turkish Armed Forces, he served as commander of the Land Forces in 1997–1998.
There are rumours that Kıvrıkoğlu survived an assassination attempt in 1997's "Toros-2/97" exercise in Northern Cyprus.[2] The bullet intended for him killed Colonel (Albay) Vural Berkay instead.[3]
Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu served between August 30, 1998, and August 28, 2002, as the 23rd Chief of the Turkish General Staff.
Awards
Decorations
- (Turkish) State Medal of Honor
- Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Distinguished Service
- Order of Distinction Medal (Hilal-i-Jur'at, Pakistan)
- Order of the Star of Romania – The Rank of Grand Cross
- Class One Commander's Cross of Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
- Order of National Security Merit, Tongil Medal of Korea
- Friendship Medal of Kazakhstan Republic
- Azerbaijan's Flag Medal
- Azerbaijan's Shohrat Order[4]
- Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Honor.
Badges
- Army Academy Graduation Badge
- Post Graduate Badge
- Training and Educational Success Badge
- Operational Success Badge
- Administration and Logistics Service Badge
- NATO Service Badge
- Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces Identification Badge.
References
- ^ Söyleşi tesud.org.tr p. 4 (in Turkish)
- ^ Ongun, Selin (2008-07-31). "Amerikali 'Buddy'". Tempo (in Turkish). 1078. Archived from the original on 2008-10-05. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
1997'de TSK'nın Kıbrıs'taki Toros-2/97 adlı tatbikatında bir kaza yaşandı. Özel kuvvetlerden seken kurşun, komutan çadırında tatbikatı izleyen Albay Vural Berkay'a isabet etti. Albay Berkay'ın hemen önünde dönemin Kara Kuvvetleri Komutanı Orgeneral Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu oturuyordu. Kıvrıkoğlu, kurtuldu. Ergenekon iddianamesinde ifade veren tanık Zihni Çakır'ın eski Genelkurmay Başkanı Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu'nun Kara Kuvvetleri Komutanı'yken yaşadığı bu olaya da yer verildi.
- ^ "DEATH CLOUDS EXERCISE SUCCESS". Turkish Press Review. DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF PRESS AND INFORMATION, OFFICE OF PRIME MINISTER. 1997-11-06. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
- ^ "Türkiyə Cümhuriyyəti Silahlı Qüvvələrinin Baş Qərargahının rəisi ordu generalı Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlunun "Şöhrət" ordeni ilə təltif edilməsi haqqında AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI PREZİDENTİNİN FƏRMANI" [Order of President of Azerbaijan on awarding Chief of General Staff of Republic of Turkey Huseyin Kivrikoglu with Shohrat Order]. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
- Kivrikoglu, Gen. Huseyin, International Who's Who. accessed September 4, 2006.