Hayri Ündül
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Hayri Ündül (1929–2014) was a Turkish military officer who served as the director of the
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between 1986 and 1988.


Early life and education

He was born in
Muğla Muğla () is a city in southwestern Turkey. The city is the center of the district of Menteşe, Muğla, Menteşe and Muğla Province, which stretches along Turkey's Aegean Sea, Aegean coast. Muğla's center is situated inland at an altitude of ...
in 1929. He was a graduate of the
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.


Career

Ündül was promoted to brigadier general in 1976 after serving in various posts in the
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, including Cyprus Turkish Peace Forces Command during the 1974 intervention of the Turkish military. He was the first commander of the
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based in
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, Cyprus, which he held between 1976 and 1978. He became a major general in 1980 and rose to the rank of
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in 1985. Then he was appointed as the commander of the 7th Corps. Ündül served as director of the National Intelligence Organization between 5 September 1986 and 29 August 1988. After this post he was named as the undersecretary of the
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and retired from this position.


Death

Ündül died of
respiratory failure Respiratory failure results from inadequate gas exchange by the respiratory system, meaning that the arterial oxygen, carbon dioxide, or both cannot be kept at normal levels. A drop in the oxygen carried in the blood is known as hypoxemia; a r ...
at his home in Izmir on 25 November 2014. Next day he was buried in Muğla.


References

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