Daniş Karabelen (1898–1983) was a
Turkish Army
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general who was the founder of Turkey's
Tactical Mobilisation Group in 1952, and served as its chief until his retirement in 1960.
Career
Karabelen was among those taken out of Military School in 1915 to participate in the Turkish defence against the Allied
Gallipoli Campaign.
[Ilknur Boray]
A Friendship that Survived Two Continents, One War, 70 Years
''Voice of Atatürk'', Fall 2010, Atatürk Society of America Surviving this, he became an officer in the Turkish Army and worked closely with
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish field marshal and revolutionary statesman who was the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first President of Turkey, president from 1923 until Death an ...
and taking a lead in developing some sports in the new
Republic of Turkey
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, becoming Turkey's first national
pole-vaulting champion.
[
Karabelen was one of sixteen soldiers (including Turgut Sunalp, Ahmet Yıldız, ]Alparslan Türkeş
Alparslan Türkeş (; 25 November 1917 – 4 April 1997) was a Turkish politician, who was the founder and president of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the Grey Wolves ''(Ülkü Ocakları)''. He ran the Grey Wolves training camps from ...
, Suphi Karaman, and Fikret Ateşdağlı) who were sent to the United States in 1948 for training in special warfare. These people were to form the core of what would later be called the Special Warfare Department (, or ÖHD),['']Bugün
''Bugün'' () was a Turkish daily newspaper. It was established in 2005. Columnists and journalists working for it have included Cengiz Çandar, Ahmet Almaz, Toktamış Ateş and Kamil Maman.
''Bugün'' was founded in January 2003 as ''Dünde ...
'', 5 January 2010
Kozmik odaya giren tek siyasetçi
Korean War
The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...
from November 1952 to August 1953,[ as Assistant Commanding Officer of the Third Turkish Brigade.]
Twenty-fifth Infantry Division: Tropic Lightning, Korea, 1950–1954, Volume 2
', Turner Publishing Company 2002, p145Anzac Day
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commemoration in Australia, the first time Turkey had sent representatives.[ In 1954 he was awarded the ]Legion of Merit
The Legion of Merit (LOM) is a Awards and decorations of the United States military, military award of the United States Armed Forces that is given for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievemen ...
in the degree of Legionnaire by the United States Army.Military Times
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The company's '' ...
Danis Karabelen
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Books
* Cemal Kutay (2006), ''Beş Kıt'ada Bir Türk Paşası: Daniş Karabelen'', Avcıol Basım Yayım
References
1898 births
1983 deaths
Ottoman military personnel of World War I
Special Warfare Department personnel
Turkish military personnel of the Korean War
Legionnaires of the Legion of Merit
Turkish male pole vaulters
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