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Memduh Tağmaç
Memduh Tağmaç (1904, Erzurum - 30 March 1978) was a Turkish general. He was the List of Chiefs of the Turkish General Staff, Chief of the General Staff of Turkey during the 1971 Turkish coup d'état, and previously List of Commanders of the Turkish Land Forces, Commander of the Turkish Army (1968 - 1969) and List of Commanders of the First Army of Turkey, Commander of the First Army of Turkey (1966 - 1968). References External linksChiefs of General Staff Turkish General Staff. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tagmac, Memduh 1904 births 1978 deaths Turkish Army generals Commanders of the Turkish Land Forces Chiefs of the Turkish General Staff People from Erzurum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erzurum
Erzurum (; ) is a city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It is the largest city and capital of Erzurum Province and is 1,900 meters (6,233 feet) above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 367,250 in 2010. The city uses the double-headed eagle as its coat-of-arms, a motif that has been a common symbol throughout Anatolia since the Bronze Age. Erzurum has winter sports facilities and hosted the 2011 Winter Universiade. Name and etymology The city was originally known in Armenian as Karno K'aghak' ( hy, Կարնոյ քաղաք), meaning city of Karin, to distinguish it from the district of Karin ( Կարին). It is presumed its name was derived from a local tribe called the Karenitis. Darbinian, M. "Erzurum," Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia. Yerevan: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 1978, vol. 4, p. 93. An alternate theory contends that a local princely family, the Kamsarakans, the Armenian off-shoot of the Iranian Kārin Pahlav family, lent its name to the locale that eventually bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
