Âsım Gündüz (1 December 1880 – 14 January 1970) was an officer of the

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and a general of the

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. During the

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, he was the assistant of

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Fevzi Çakmak Mustafa Fevzi Çakmak (12 January 1876 – 10 April 1950) was a Turkish field marshal (''Mareşal (Turkey), Mareşal'') and politician. He served as the Chief of General Staff from 1918 and 1919 and later the Imperial Government (Ottoman Empire ...

.John M. VanderLippe
''The politics of Turkish democracy: İsmet İnönü and the formation of the multi-party system, 1938-1950''
SUNY Press, 2005 .

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1880 births 1970 deaths People from Kütahya Ottoman Military Academy alumni Ottoman Military College alumni Ottoman Army officers Ottoman military personnel of the Balkan Wars Ottoman military personnel of World War I Ottoman prisoners of war World War I prisoners of war held by the United Kingdom Turkish military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) Deputy chiefs of the Turkish General Staff Recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon (Turkey) Turkish Sunni Muslims Turkish Army generals Deputies of Kütahya {{Turkey-mil-bio-stub Turanists

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