Nurettin Ersin (1918 – 3 October 2005) was a Turkish general. He was the Commander of the 6th Corps during the 1974 invasion of Cyprus, and the Commander of the Turkish Army during the

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. After the coup he was a member of the Presidential Council, and was Chief of the General Staff of Turkey in the second half of 1983. Ersin, who was born in

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, was also head of the

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(2 August 1971 – 25 July 1973), Secretary General of the

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(5 January 1976 – 30 August 1977), and Commander of the First Army of Turkey (30 August 1977 – 8 March 1978).

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