Hasan Turkmani
Hasan Turkmani | |
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حسن توركماني | |
Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch | |
In office 9 June 2005 – 18 July 2012 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 January 1935 Syrian Civil War |
Hasan Ali Turkmani (
He and three other top Syrian government officials were killed on 18 July 2012 in Damascus during a bomb attack.
Early life and education
Hasan Turkmani was born in Aleppo in 1935 into a Syrian Sunni Muslim family[2][3] of Turkmen origin.[4] He attended different courses and a higher military education, including bachelor in military sciences :
- Bachelor in Military Sciences, Infantry Officer, Military Academy of Homs, graduate in 1955,
- Mechanized Troop and Battalion Command Course, 1963
- Combined Arms (Infantry and Armour) field command and staff course, 1965
- Higher Field Command and Staff Course, Masters in Military Sciences, 1969
- Higher Staff Course (War College), Doctor of Military Sciences, 1972
Career
Turkmani joined the
On 12 May 2004, he became defense minister, replacing
Turkmani was replaced in June 2009 by the former army chief Ali Habib Mahmud as defense minister.[13] On 3 June 2009, President Bashar Assad appointed Turkmani as assistant vice president with the rank of minister.[14] He was also appointed chief of crisis operations and was widely blamed for the campaign of torture in Syria.[15] In addition, Turkmani was a military advisor to Vice Fresident Farouk Sharaa.[16]
Rumoured death
On 19 May 2012, the
Assassination and funeral
Hasan Turkmani was assassinated on 18 July 2012
Personal life
Hasan Turkmani's son Muhammad Bilal owned the weekly political magazine Abyad wa Aswad ("Black and White" in English).[1][22]
References
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- ^ Al-Akhbar (2012). "Damascus Bombing: The Assassinated Generals". Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
He was born in Aleppo, the capital of northern Syria, in 1935 to parents of Turkish origins. He studied in the city until he enrolled in the Military Academy, graduating as an expert in field artillery.
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- ^ Neil MacFarquhar; Dalal Mawad (18 July 2012). "Blast Kills Core Syrian Security Officials". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ^ "Six senior figures in Assad regime killed, rebel army says". The Guardian. 20 May 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
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- ^ Bassem Mroue; Elizabeth A. Kennedy (18 July 2012). "Ex-Syrian Defense Minister Said Killed in Damascus". ABC. AP. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ^ Dominic Evans; Khaled Yacoub Oweis (18 July 2012). "Bomb kills men at heart of Assad rule as Syria fight rages". Reuters. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ^ "Syria National Security Chief Dies of Wounds, State Funerals Held for Slain Officials". Naharnet. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ^ Blandford, Nicholas (1 February 2005). "Syrian media liberalisation causes a stir". The Middle East. Retrieved 2 October 2013.