Kâzım Orbay
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Mehmet Kâzım Orbay (11 March 1887 – 3 June 1964) was a
Biography
Kâzım Orbay was born in Smyrna (present day:
After the defeat of the
In 1926, he was promoted to
Succeeding Fevzi Çakmak, he served as Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces from 12 January 1944 to 23 July 1946, when he resigned.
Kâzım Orbay retired on 6 July 1950. After the military coup of 1960, he was elected senator in 1961 and served as the president of the parliament.
He died of stomach cancer in Ankara and was laid to rest in the Turkish State Cemetery.
He was married to Mediha Hanım, sister of Enver Pasha, and they had a son named Haşmet. On 16 October 1945 Haşmet Orbay murdered physician Naci Arzan. The investigation of the Ankara Murder turned into a political scandal involving the Republican People's Party apparatus.
See also
References
- Milli Tarih: Sır gibi bir intihar Radikal, 7 July 2007 (in Turkish)
External links
- Mehmet Kazım ORBAY in the official website of the Turkish General Staff (in Turkish)
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