Yaşar Büyükanıt
Yaşar Büyükanıt | |
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Chief of the General Staff of Turkey | |
| In office 28 August 2006 – 28 August 2008 | |
| President | Ahmet Necdet Sezer Abdullah Gül |
| Preceded by | Hilmi Özkök |
| Succeeded by | İlker Başbuğ |
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| Born | 1 September 1940 General |
General Mehmet Yaşar Büyükanıt (1 September 1940 – 21 November 2019) was the 25th Chief of the Turkish General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, from 28 August 2006 to 28 August 2008.
Biography
General Yaşar Büyükanıt was born in
Following his graduation from the
After graduating from the
Having been promoted to rank of
In 2000, he was promoted to the rank of
Yaşar Büyükanıt was married to Filiz Büyükanıt, with whom he had a daughter, Bengü.[3][4] She died on 18 November 2019.[5]
Yaşar Büyükanıt died in a hospital, where he was treated, on 21 November 2019, three days after his spouse's death. He was buried at
Political controversies
In a speech at the commencement of the academic year at the Turkish Military Academy on 2 October 2006, which was interpreted as a "harsh salvo" in Turkish media,[6][7] Büyükanıt expressed support for secular values and outlined a hard stance against the PKK. Büyükanıt also asserted that certain EU and NATO-allied countries have intentionally allowed terrorist organizations acting against Turkey, to base and run operations in their own territories, inconsistent with Turkey's relations and alliance with those countries.[8]
The Turkish military published a statement on 27 April 2007, two days before the second Republic Protest, as the 2007 presidential election was ongoing. This statement, later called the "E-memorandum", warned against Islamic fundamentalism, which was alleged to pose a threat to the secular Republican nature of the Turkish state. Büyükanıt, then Chief of General Staff, said that it was him who wrote this statement but he denied that it was a memorandum.[9]
Later, Büyükanıt held a 2.5 hours long secretive meeting with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on 5 May 2007 at Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul.[10]
Decorations
- Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Honor
- Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Distinguished Courage and Self-Sacrifice
- Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Distinguished Service
- United States Armed Forces Legion of Merit
- Italian Armed Forces Medal of Merit
- Pakistani Medal of Nishan-e-Imtiaz[2]
References
- ^ Uğur, Fatih (11 August 2008). "Gelişi kadar gidişi de gürültülü oldu". Aksiyon (in Turkish). 714. Feza Gazetecilik A.Ş. Archived from the original on 22 August 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f "Biography". Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2007., Official Web site of the Turkish General Staff.
- ^ "O artık hür general". Politika. Radikal (in Turkish). 28 August 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
Orgeneral Büyükanıt, tören sonrası düzenlenen resepsiyonda kızı Bengü, damadı Ercan ve torunları Anıl Sarp ve Bengisu Caymaz...
- ^ Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces, NATO Biographies
- ^ a b "Yaşar Büyükanıt son yolculuğuna uğurlandı". Sözcü (in Turkish). 23 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ Oğuz, Serhat (3 October 2006). "Büyükanıt da 'irtica tehdidi var' dedi". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 August 2008. (cover page)
- ^ "Paşa kızdı". Akşam (in Turkish). 3 October 2006. Archived from the original on 30 December 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
- ^ Aytalar, Ardıç (3 October 2006). "İrtica tehdidi var önlem alın". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 August 2008.
- ^ "Former military chief on the defensive over e-memo criticism". Today's Zaman. 24 February 2010. Archived from the original on 3 January 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
- ^ "Dolmabahçe'de 2 saat başbaşa". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 5 May 2007. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
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